GOVERNMENT ACTION: Officials said they asked mental healthcare services to help those affected by the incident, while the NHIA is to cover costs for uninsured people
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 23, 2018
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Ministry of Health and Welfare yesterday outlined emergency services dispatched to
Police officers collect luggage from carriages of Puyuma Express No. 6432, which derailed outside Sinma Station in Yilan County on Sunday. Photo: CNA
the scene of the train derailment in Yilan County on Sunday.
The Puyuma Express No. 6432, carrying 366 passengers, traveling from Shulin Station in New Taipei City to Taitung County derailed at 4:50pm near Sinma (新馬) Train Station, killing 18 people and injuring 190.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) and Shih Chung-liang (石崇良), Department of Medical Affairs director-general, arrived in Yilan on Sunday evening to establish a medical command center to coordinate healthcare resources on site and visit hospitals where injured people were taken.
The Taiwan Blood Services Foundation reported that blood stocks were sufficient to treat people injured in the incident, Chen said. [FULL STORY]
