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Legislators visit National Taiwan University Hospital to learn medical response to nuclear disaster (2014/04/24)

Debate over the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant continues. Today legislators raised questions about emergency medical care in case of a nuclear accident as they toured National Taiwan University Hospital to learn about protocols and preparedness. They were surprised to find the hospital only had one room dedicated to those requiring treatment after serious radiation exposure.

A technician maneuvers a Geiger counter around this patient’s body, scanning it from top to bottom. Those suffering major injuries associated with a nuclear disaster are to be sent directly to National Taiwan University Hospital. Both patients and doctors need to be carefully screened for radiation exposure. 

Cheng Ming-tai 
NTU Emergency Department Director 
These two (items) are used to detect radiation. The one that looks bigger can check a larger area.

However, there are only 17 such hospital rooms able to perform this decontamination in northern Taiwan, with NTU having only one such room. 

Although NTU believes the number of patients could dramatically increase in case of an accident, it believes patients can be transferred to Tri-Service General Hospital or Taipei Veterans General Hospital, with only the most serious cases not being able to be transferred. 

Today’s visit only added to legislators’ concerns that hospitals such as NTU are poorly prepared in case of a nuclear disaster. 

台大核應變

最近核四存廢議題延燒，萬一大台北地區真的發生核災，專責收治最嚴重傷者的台大醫院，是否具備足夠救治能力，也引起立委關心。上午有立委特地到臺大醫院，視察核災傷患處理措施，才發現台大能夠治療，嚴重輻射污染病患的特殊病房，竟然只有一間。

拿著輻射偵測器，來回在人員身上，從上到下掃描，一但出現核災重大傷患，緊急送來來台大，不管是傷患或醫療人員，就得像這樣，仔細檢查。 

[[台大急診部主任 鄭銘泰]]
這兩隻都是輻射偵測用，這看起來比較大一點，因為這是做大面積的檢查。


只不過，除污必須仰賴特別病房救治。問題是，北區共十七間輻傷病房，台大醫院只有一間，立委認為不夠。

儘管台大認為，萬一病患數量暴增，可以轉送三總，北榮處理，只是嚴重病況的病人，可能無法承受轉院奔波。

萬一大台北真的發生重大核災，立委還是擔心，台大醫院是否真的準備好了。

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