Taiwan Clinic Hepatitis C
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Taiwanese media highlights former President Tsai Ing-wen supporting DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Po-yang, while health authorities investigate an acute hepatitis C cluster at a New Taipei clinic. The clinic rejects links between the infections and its procedures, but authorities fine it, suspend operations and refer its physician for disciplinary action.
Taiwan’s newspapers highlight Tsai Ing-wen backing Shen Po-yang’s Taipei mayoral bid
Former President Tsai Ing-wen accompanied Democratic Progressive Party Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Po-yang to register his candidacy, giving him a ship’s wheel and urging him to keep Taipei on the right course. The gift symbolized city governance as the act of steering a vessel while maintaining a firm direction. Shen said he wanted to be more than a problem solver. He also wanted to serve as a …
Hepatitis C cluster linked to New Taipei clinic raises questions about ‘nutrition injections’
An acute hepatitis C cluster at a clinic in New Taipei has drawn attention to the risks of so-called nutrition injections. Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control said an epidemiological investigation fo…
Taiwan clinic rejects link between hepatitis C cluster and its medical procedures
Antai Songhe Clinic in Banqiao District, New Taipei, has been ordered to suspend all operations after an acute viral hepatitis C cluster. The New Taipei Department of Health also imposed a NT$300,000 …
Clinic Ordered to Close After Acute Hepatitis C Cluster Linked to Unsafe Injection Practices
A clinic in New Taipei City’s Banqiao District has been ordered to stop all operations after health authorities linked it to an acute hepatitis C cluster involving 11 patients. The Antai Songhe Clinic…