Taipei censured over lax response to nursing homeCURSORY RESPONSE: Reports of an illegal nursing home in Neihu District were mired in bureaucracy and not thoroughly followed up on, leading to a deadly fireBy Hsieh Chun-lin and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Control Yuan yesterday censured the Taipei City Government for its cursory response to reports of an unregistered nursing home, saying that its negligence resulted in a missed opportunity to prevent a fire that killed three residents last year. The owner, surnamed Ting (丁), took three physically disabled people under her care, despite not having a nursing license, they said. The Control Yuan building is pictured in Taipei on June 3. Based on their investigation and Huang’s statement, Wang said that the Control Yuan found Taipei’s process for handling reports of unlicensed facilities insufficient. In addition, two of the residents formerly received welfare payments when living in another private care facility in the district, Wang said.

Source: Taipei Times July 11, 2021 16:03 UTC