Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on July 08 said there was no need to force a major cancer hospital to join the city’s emergency medical network.You can lead a ‘cow’ to water, but you can’t make it drink,” Ko said, referring to the Koo Foundation Sun Yat-sen Cancer Center, which on Tuesday(July 07) rebuffed the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s demand that it accept emergency room patients from other hospitals.The ministry had asked the Taipei City Government to explore the possibility of including the hospital in the emergency medical network, following controversy over its refusal to treat burn victims from the fire at Formosa Fun Coast (八仙海岸) on June 27. |
