李縣長訪衛生署 催生金門國際醫療園區

Magistrate Li, Wo-Shi visited the Department of Health (DOH), Executive Yuan on March 15th to ask for its aid in the establishment of the "International Medical Park" in Kinmen as well as the facilitation (1) of the establishment of a large scale medical center of their Kinmen branch. This is expected to improve the medical treatment in the Kinmen area. Magistrate Li also consulted the head of DOH, Qiu, Wen-Da (邱文達), for his advice on the county government's purchase of helicopters for the purpose of medical evacuation.
　 縣長李沃士15日拜會行政院衛生署長邱文達，促請協助金門設立「國際醫療園區」，推動大型醫學中心設立金門分院，以提升金門地區醫療水準。李縣長也就金門縣政府是否自購直升機辦理病患緊急後送作業，請教署長意見。

Qiu stated that the DOH took the healthcare problem of offshore residents seriously and would provide as much assistance as possible. Magistrate Li, on behalf of Kinmen county residents, initiated a petition that urges the establishment of the Kinmen branches of both the Veterans General Hospital (VGH), and the National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH). In response, Qiu pointed out that VGH is currently engaged in the merging (2) of its different branches around the country. The DOH-owned hospitals in the newly reorganized five municipalities (3) also intended to turn themselves into a municipal facility. Qiu promised that after the merging of these hospitals, further study on the establishment of the Kinmen branches would be made.
　 邱文達表示，衛生署非常重視金門離島民眾醫療問題，將儘可能提供協助。對李縣長代表縣民爭取榮總、成大等醫院在金門設立分院的心聲，邱署長表示，目前榮總正進行各分院整併、五都的署立醫院也有意改隸市立，將等相關醫院整併後，再研究設金門分院一事。

It is alleged that the construction of the Kinmen Hospital United Medical Building will be completed at the end of next year, within which, an "Advanced Health Examination Center" will be planned on the sixth floor. For this purpose, the Kinmen County Government is seeking for the cooperation of Taiwanese large-scale medical organizations. Aiming at improving Kinmen's medical quality, the county hopes it can acquire the help from DOH in the establishment of a Kinmen branch of VGH or NCKUH. In addition, Kinmen currently is striving for the establishment of a six-hectare International Medical Park. At present, the planning, as well as the acquisition of land and evaluation of environment impact for this project, are all completed. It is anticipated that the DOH can assist Kinmen with the acceleration of amendments for the related medical laws. Regarding the lack of response in the bid-invitation for Kinmen's medical evacuation operation, county government also hopes to obtain the assistance of the DOH. To better visualize the goals mentioned above, Magistrate Li made this special visit to the DOH and major domestic medical organizations accompanied by related county government officers.
　 明年底將完工的金門綜合醫療大樓，六樓將規劃設立「高階健檢中心」，爭取台灣大型醫療機構合作。為提升金門醫療水平，希望透過衛生署協助，爭取榮總或成大來金設置金門分院。另外，目前金門規劃有六公頃多的金門國際醫療園區，目前已完成規劃，且已取得用地、完成環評，希望衛生署協助加速「醫療法」等相關法令修訂。有關金門急重症病患醫療緊急後送業務多次流標，也希望獲得衛生署協助。為爭取前述各項目標的早日實現，縣長李沃士特別率領縣府團隊相關主管前往衛生署及國內各大醫療機構拜會。

Concerning the establishment of an "International Medical Park", Shi, Chong-Liang (石崇良), the Director of Medical Affairs Division of DOH, praised the county government for its efficiency. He thought that with the efficiency demonstrated by the county government, this project in Kinmen could very likely be approved and become the first of its kind in the country.
針對「國際醫療園區」，衛生署醫管處長石崇良對縣府的行動力表示讚許。他認為，以金門的行動力，非常有可能領先其他縣市獲准設立。

Director of Nursing Care Division Deng, Su-Wen (鄧素文) said that the patients with acute (4) diseases and illnesses would need medical evacuation and be sent to hospitals in Taiwan for appropriate treatment. In the past, there were several medical experts who suggested that the offshore local government purchase helicopters on its own. However, since the civil aviation industry has put the cost as its first priority, it is unwilling to allow planes to reside at offshore islands. This is the reason for the lack of response in previous bid-invitations for medical evacuation made by the Kinmen County Government. Director Deng expressed her concurrence with the proposal of the county government to purchase a helicopter on its own.
衛生署照護處長鄧素文表示，金門的重急症患者仰賴後送台灣醫院救治，過去即有多名醫療專家建議離島政府自購直昇機。目前的狀況是，民間航空業者因成本考量，不願飛機長駐外島，以致金門的飛機緊急後送作業多次流標；對於金門縣政府提出自購直升機之議，她表示贊同。

Magistrate Li and the head of Kinmen Public Health Bureau Chen, Tian-Shun said that last year the county government spent more than 10 million NT dollars employing helicopters to execute the "Home Return for Hospice (5) Patient" operation. In addition, it spent more than 20 million NT dollars (including the subsidy from the DOH) for the execution of 52 medical evacuation operations. They thought these 30 million NT dollars should be sufficient for the maintenance and management fee of the self-purchased helicopter. Magistrate Li emphasized that this can be a matter of life and death, and people's lives are priceless. As long as it can help to save one Kinmense fellow's life in time, it would be worth spending 100-200 million NT dollars on purchasing helicopters. Nevertheless, Li pointed out, the final decision in this matter would require further communication with the county council and explanation to the local residents to gain their genuine support.
縣長李沃士與衛生局長陳天順都表示，去年縣府花了一千多萬元雇用直升機執行「安寧返鄉」作業，另外花了二千多萬元（含衛生署補助費）執行了五十三趟緊急後送就醫作業。這三千多萬元就能支應自購直升機的維修管理費用，況且人命關天，生命無價。李縣長認為，只要能及時救活一位鄉親，花一、二億元購買直升機就能值回票價。不過此事仍須與縣議會溝通及向縣民說明，取得支持。

【註解】
●1. facilitation-(n)促進。
●2. merge-(vi)合併。
●3. municipality-(n)自治市。即新近改制升格的五個直轄市（五都）。形容詞是municipal，指市立的、市辦的。
●4. acute-(adj)嚴重的、急性的。
●5. hospice-通常是hospice care，即「安寧照護」。此處指的是接受安寧照護的病患，藉此委婉地傳達「安寧返鄉」。

本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2011年3月16日報導