Taiwan New Taipei City A fire broke out at Taipei Hospital in Xinzhuang District, causing heavy casualties. Oriental IC Picture
A fire broke out in the Taipei Hospital in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan early today (August 13), causing heavy casualties. The fire was extinguished at 5:27 a.m. on the 13th. The fire department initially determined that the cause of the fire may be an electric bed in the ward.
According to the island media China Times Electronic News , the head of Taiwan’s administrative department, Lai Qingde, said in an interview with the media on the morning of the 13th that he has asked the health and welfare departments of the authorities to set up a response team, headed by "Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare" Xue Ruiyuan. Convener of the response team. Lai said that affected patients must be properly accommodated, "the medical care of all patients must not be interrupted," and surgeries, emergency rooms, and intensive care units must be restored quickly.
Lai Qingde also said that the cause of the entire accident must be reviewed to avoid similar situations. He has asked the Ministry of Health and Welfare to use this lesson as a reference for major hospitals to strengthen the hospital's own independent disaster prevention capabilities in case of a similar situation. produce, there are ways to minimize the impact.
Lai Qingde said that he would apologize to the patients, family members and the public on behalf of the administrative department, and thanked the New Taipei City Fire Department and the police for putting out the fire as soon as possible to avoid the spread of the disaster.
According to the island media Dongsen News Cloud, the New Taipei City Fire Department announced at 9:15 a.m. that the Taipei Hospital fire had killed 9 people, while 10 others were seriously injured and 6 were slightly injured. Witnesses said they heard an explosion, but the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Dongsen News Cloud report shows that the current mayor of New Taipei Zhu Lilun went to the fire scene at 6:30 a.m. to direct the rescue, but at that time no first-level supervisor from the authority's "Ministry of Health and Welfare" was at the scene. "Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare" Xue Ruiyuan did not even arrive until 8:30. Chen Yimin, a public opinion representative from the Kuomintang, questioned "Is the 'Ministry of Health and Welfare' awake?"
