Taitung County Government won the Government Service Award in the social care service category for "Life-Saving Battle! Mobile Emergency Room, Protecting Rural Areas". Executive Yuan President Su Zhenchang came to present the award in person in the afternoon, affirming the strength of Taitung's firefighting and ambulance personnel.

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[Reporter Huang Mingtang/Taitung Report] The National Development Committee hosted the 5th "Government Service Award" award ceremony in Hall 201, National Taiwan University Hospital International Conference Center today (19th). "Guarding Rural Areas" won the award in the category of social care and service. Su Zhenchang, President of the Executive Yuan, presented the award in person, affirming the strength of Taitung's firefighting and ambulance personnel.

In his speech, Su Zhenchang especially praised Taitung County for its efforts to improve the county's medical and fire rescue capabilities in recent years to protect the lives of villagers and tourists. It should be given special encouragement to the Taitung County Government and Rao Qingling County Governor, and Taitung County has won the award for four consecutive years. , It is not easy, and we must affirm the county government team that is working hard to promote county government.

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Rao Qingling, the mayor of Taitung County, thanked Dean Su Zhenchang for his affirmation. He said that due to the large size of Taitung, since he took office, he has actively improved the medical and firefighting capabilities in the county, not only improving the firefighting manpower. At present, the county has 11 senior ambulance teams, except for the Taitung Higher Rescue Team. , successively set up high-rescue teams such as Guanshan, Changbin, and Daren, and even Green Island also set up the first outlying island high-rescue team in the country, and gradually built "ambulances are equivalent to mobile emergency rooms", making fire protection an extension of medical care and comprehensively improving fire protection. Rescue energy, and has the largest nationally certified medium-sized search and rescue team in Taiwan. Regardless of domestic or foreign rescue, Taitung can do its best for disaster relief, emergency rescue and rescue. You can see Taitung's fire rescue capabilities.

Guan Jianxing, chief of the Taitung County Fire Department, pointed out that with the strong support of the county government and medical institutions, 12 kinds of medicines and 7 kinds of technologies can be used through pre-ordered doctor's orders. , and apply 5G technology to continuously upgrade the ambulance, use 5G technology high-speed transmission technology to join hands with the hospital in time to save lives, achieve immediate rescue, make Taitung's advanced ambulance technology greatly improved and break through, and protect the lives of Taitung folks and tourists.

In 2021, Taitung County has a 33.58% first-aid success rate for cardiopulmonary arrest before hospital admission, ranking second in the country. The accurate hospitalization rate for acute stroke is as high as 86.7%, and the average life expectancy of county residents has increased by 1.15 years.