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/ Staff writer, with CNAAny move toward legalizing assisted suicide in the nation should be made with caution and start from the grassroots, as it would be “improper” for the government to take the lead on the policy, Minister of Health and Welfare Hsueh Jui-yuan （薛瑞元） said yesterday.
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A recent appeal from a severely disabled Tainan man for legalization of voluntary euthanasia has rekindled an issue that is seldom the center of public discourse. Born in 1956, Tsai Ching-hsiung (蔡清雄) contracted polio when he was a child, causing the muscles of both his legs and his right arm to shrink. Despite his limitations, he has engaged in charity work for nearly 30 years in Tainan, earning him the nickname “the little disabled giant” around his neighborhood. For more than two decades, Tsai has made regular visits with friends to nursing homes to chat and sing with the resident...
While the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world in 2020, Taiwanese were adding more healthy years to their lives, Ministry of Health and Welfare data revealed last week. Disability-adjusted life years (DALY) measure the amount of time lost to severe illness, disability or premature death. As with all good metrics, this one is able to plainly spell out an issue integral to our lived experience, helping society make decisions that could get people through the toughest times in their lives. Hiding behind this dispassionate acronym are years of struggle, costly treatment and impossible decision...
DISEASE REDUCTION: Disappearance of the flu, colds and pneumonia during the pandemic’s first year seemed to add months of quality living to lifespans of TaiwaneseBy Wu Liang-yi and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer