Taiwan’s Walking (or Lying) Dead
In 2016 an astonishing 1,701 terminally ill Taiwanese were kept alive by machines that took over their heart and lung functions –half the world’s total according to National Health Insurance data compiled by a local doctor, Chen Hsui-tan of National Yang-Ming University Hospital’s.
In addition, the number of Taiwanese patients kept on ventilator machines…
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