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Kaohsiung replaced Taipei as the only city in Taiwan to participate in WHA 2020

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Kaohsiung replaced Taipei as the only city in Taiwan to participate in World Health Assembly (WHA) 2020

Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital became the only place in Taiwan allowed to participate in WHA 2020



Source: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3936673


Taiwanese doctors manage to attend WHA despite Taiwan being blocked entry
A surgeon in Kaohsiung was invited to participate as head of an NGO

By Huang Tzu-ti, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2020/05/19 15:48


Taiwanese doctors from KMUH attend WHA. (KMUH photo)


(Taiwan News) — Taiwanese doctors from a hospital in Kaohsiung attended the World Health Assembly (WHA) on Monday (May 18) despite Taiwan not being invited to the annual conference for political reasons.

Kwan Aij-lie (關皚麗), a surgeon at Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, also known as the Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (KMUH), was invited to the meeting in the capacity of the president-elect of the International College of Surgeons (ICS), reported CNA.

Kwan, who has been a member of the international organization dedicated to fostering worldwide surgical excellence for 20 years, was elected as ICS President in 2018, the second surgeon from Taiwan to assume ICS leadership.

The meeting of the WHO's decision-making body took place virtually this year because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and Kwan was allowed to participate in the video conferencing session at KMUH with a number of surgeons from the hospital. As Taiwan was denied access to the WHA due to China’s meddling, the participation of local doctors in the event carried much significance, she noted.

Taiwan has been blocked entry to the assembly since President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) took office in 2016. Despite the country’s acclaimed performance in handling the novel virus and mounting support by many countries to push its case in the WHA, Taiwan failed again to participate in the global health convention.

Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Monday that Taiwan has heeded advice from its allies and like-minded nations to defer the promotion of its bid until later this year, so as to allow WHO members to focus on controlling the pandemic. The country will continue to contribute to global health via donations of medical supplies and international cooperation in the development of vaccines and medicines, he added.


Kwan Aij-lie (關皚麗), a surgeon at Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital


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