Famed cardiologist loses five family members in blazeBy Chen Wen-chan and Fang Wen-hsien / Staff reportersFamed cardiologist Lai Wen-de (賴文德), the former director of Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, and his wife survived a fire yesterday in their five-story home in Kaohsiung, but their daughter, son-in-law and three grandchildren died in the blaze. Firefighters heard Lai and his wife crying for help from the third floor and were able to rescue them, it said. A Kaohsiung firefighter in a cherrypicker basket tries to reach an upper story of the residence of cardiologist Lai Wen-de and his family yesterday morning. Lai Wei-an was a doctor at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, while her husband was a physician in Jiann Ren Hospital’s family medicine department. Lai Wen-de, had served as Presidential Office Secretary-General Chen Chu’s (陳菊) attending physician after she suffered a mild stroke in 2007 while she was Kaohsiung mayor.

Source: Taipei Times May 03, 2020 15:56 UTC