In response to the need for medical care and social welfare in the aftermath of the Formosa Fun Coast incident,Minister Lin Tzou-Yien of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) presided at the 21th meeting of the MOHW ad-hoc group was held at noon today (August 13th). Besides continuing to look at issues like patient referrals, other matters like the plan for utilizing funds from the Second Reserve Fund were also discussed. 

1. Statistics on the treatment of victims from the Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion: As of 10:00 AM on August 13th, 263 people continued to receive inpatient treatment, 105 were in intensive care units, 75 were in critical condition, and 11 have passed away. In addition, 1,161 beds were available in the intensive care units, and 58 were available in the burn intensive care units. 

2. As of August 12th, social workers have been dispatched 4,602 times to console 22,426 people. Medical social workers have been dispatched 21,804 times to offer care services to 45, 908 people, including patients and their family members. Case follow-ups have been performed on a total of 215 people. 

3. Because applying for the hard work and overtime subsidies involves investigations by the hospitals that treated the victims into the amount of hard work their personnel have done as well as various internal administrative evaluation procedures, no official applications have been submitted as of the time of writing (August 13th). The MOHW has sent out another reminder to the hospitals, asking them to submit their applications by August 15th so the subsidies can be given out as soon as possible. 

4. For any relevant information about the supplies of medicines and medical materials, the hospitalization and treatment of victims, social welfare resources, fundraising, and other matters, please search the “Information Section for the 0627 Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion” at http://www.mohw.gov.tw/CHT/blast/ on the MOHW official website.