Penghu County head hospitalized after fallBy Liu Yu-ching and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerPenghu County Commissioner Chen Kuang-fu (陳光復) was hospitalized yesterday after falling down a flight of stairs while attending a Lunar New Year event at the Penghu County Performance Hall in Magong City. He struck his head in the fall and lost consciousness before being rushed to Tri-Service General Hospital’s Penghu Branch for emergency treatment, local media reports said. Penghu County Commissioner Chen Kuang-fu hands out Lunar New Year red envelopes to children in Magong City earlier yesterday. Photo courtesy of the Penghu County GovernmentAccording to an initial diagnosis, he suffered a severe head injury and intracranial bleeding, the reports said. Chen, 70, has secured the DPP’s nomination to seek re-election as Penghu County commissioner in the nine-in-one elections to be held later this year.

Source: Taipei Times February 17, 2026 17:13 UTC