Utmost efforts will be committed to deploy medical personnel and medications in order to help with medical care for the injured. 

In response to the needs for medical care and social welfare in the aftermath of the Formosa Fun Coast incident, Minister Been-Huang Chiang held and presided at the third meeting of the task force of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) on the afternoon of July 1. In addition to continuously following up the status of the inventory of medical capacity, medical treatment, supply and distribution of medications and medical supplies, risk assessments for the injured, case-based care, and social welfare and relief services, the task force explored and discussed matters such as assistance with patient transfer, prognosis for injuries, the designated medication information section, and the fundraising accounts. 

1. Minister Chiang extended his gratitude to all of the medical personnel that participated in emergency treatment on the front line and who put down what they were doing and gave up their break time to provide medical care and committed themselves to medical treatment tirelessly at the most vulnerable and helpless moments of the injured victims and their family members. The Minister felt proud of the medical caregivers and urged them to take breaks as needed and take care of their health while giving their best efforts to save and treat the injured. 

2. To help with the expenses for future treatment, rehabilitation, living and social reconstruction for the injured, the MOHW will open a fundraising account to accept donations from the public for a period of one month starting on July 1. The funds raised will be handed over to the New Taipei City Government in principle for it to utilize. The funds will be spent on its designated purpose only. 

3. The medical associations and nurses associations will continue to help build a database of human resources that can help with burn treatment, so as to rearrange and reinforce the manpower required for medical care. A special project will be launched to recruit retired or external medical personnel to support the care for the injured on a voluntary basis. Medical institutions should keep a register of such personnel and submit it to local health departments for practice registration and recordation. The practice period is two months for now. Such personnel will be screened to verify that they hold valid certificates for medical personnel. 

4. A dedicated information section will be created for the incident, to provide information about the hospitals that provide hospitalization and treatment for the injured, number of the injured, preparation of medications and medical equipment, and relevant health information for the public to understand the current status and deployment of medical resources. 

5. Civil organizations such as the Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation, the Childhood Burn Foundation, social worker associations, and psychologist associations as well as the Ministry of Education and other related agencies will be invited to discuss the employment of relevant experts as lecturers. These lecturers will assist clinical psychological consultants with counseling for the burn victims, and to check and deploy the personnel that volunteer to offer psychological rehabilitation to the injured. 

6. The medical consultant team for the Formosa Fun Coast incident convened a meeting this morning to discuss whether experts should be employed to help mobile hospitals offer counseling about medical care and treatment. It was decided that a joint group of at least two expert consultants and personnel from the MOHW and health departments will be officially formed today to help with case-based medical care management for the injured at the hospitals. 

7. Statistics of medical treatment for the victims of the Formosa Fun Coast explosion (as of 12:00 on 7/1 ): Of the 432 people who continued to be hospitalized, one has passed away, and 250 were in the intensive care units. The hospitalized victims were admitted to 53 hospitals in 11 cities and counties, including Keelung City, Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Hsinchu City, Taichung City, Kaohsiung City, Tainan City, Changhua County, Chiayi County, and Chiayi City. Five of the injured were from mainland China and ten were from foreign countries.