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	Taiwan: Cross-Strait marine rescue drill held
	Fuzhou: Both sides of the Taiwan Strait sent marine search and rescue personnel and fleets for a joint drill on 07 August, the first such exercise to be held in open waters in the north of the Strait. The drill was carried out in response to an emergency scenario in which a passenger liner collides with a cargo ship, leaving 5 people missing and 10 passengers injured. More than 550 rescuers, 33 vessels and 4 helicopters were mobilized for the drill. Half of the personnel were from Taiwan, which also sent 6 search boats, 4 patrol vessels and 2 helicopters.\r\nZhi Guanglu, deputy director of the China Marine Rescue Coordination Center (China MR
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	Taiwan: Foundation Raises Problem of Patients Kept Waiting in ER
	Hospitals prefer to treat patients with minor conditions or those needing expensive surgeries, a foundation for health reform said. It is estimated that more than 3,700 people with first-degree injuries each year are stuck in emergency units for 2 days before they are transferred to inpatient beds in hospitals, the Taiwan Health Reform Foundation said on April 15. That figure is 5 times the time needed for an Australian hospital to make the same transfer, the foundation said.Foundation CEO Joanne Liu said all 3 problems could be traced back to one factor: hospitals’ preference to treat patients with minor conditions due to staff sh
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	Taiwan: Researchers Develop Test Strips for Pesticide Poisoning
	Taiwanese researchers have developed two test strips distinguishing the kind and dosage of pesticide in poisoned patients within several minutes, helping physicians to treat them more swiftly.\r\nCheng Chao-min, assistant professor in nano-engineering and microsystems at National Tsing Hua University, said on Tuesday(June 23) that the test strips were made for organophosphate and carbamate poisoning, the two most common forms of pesticide poisoning in the nation.
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	Taiwan: Emergency Aid Network Needs Upgrading, Ko says
	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
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	Taiwan: Taipei Publishes SOP for Flood Management
	Taipei: The Taipei City government on Tuesday(July 28) unveiled standard operating procedures (SOP) to prepare for and respond to floods and storms.\r\nThe city also released maps of flood-prone areas and said it will inform ward chiefs and local residents when water levels rise to warning levels, according to the city\'s Fire Department.The SOPs unveiled were divided into three phases: preparedness before heavy rainfall, the emergency response amid heavy rains, and restoration following floods.
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Taiwan: Cross-Strait marine rescue drill held

Taiwan: Foundation Raises Problem of Patients Kept Waiting in ER

Taiwan: Researchers Develop Test Strips for Pesticide Poisoning

Taiwan: Emergency Aid Network Needs Upgrading, Ko says

Taiwan: Taipei Publishes SOP for Flood Management

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