The world of Tzu Chi May 2021 (Vol.134)

TZU CHI 134 35 at 11:26 a.m., prompting medical and administrative staffers to stand at the ready to receive injured passengers. Chen Mei-hui, a head nurse from Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, happened to be a passenger on the ill-fated train. She was in the last car, which was in much better condition after the crash than the cars at the front end. Still, for a time she and the other passengers in the car were trapped inside. “All the people in our car were safe and sound,” Chen explained, “but we could not open the doors to get out. The electricity was out, so we were stuck in the car.” After Nurse Chen and her fellow passengers had been evacuated from the train by rescue workers, she immediately joined the medical team led by Dr. Lin to help the injured and perform triage. “Passengers with minor injuries were sent directly to a hospital,” Dr. Lin said, “while those more seriously injured were given first aid on-site to stabilize their heart rate and blood pressure.” Dr. Lin added that although Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital had mobilized to receive a lot of patients with severe injuries, the number of patients that arrived at the hospital was smaller than expected. This was a sad result of many people being killed on the spot. Ambulances sped between the disaster On April 3, the day after the rail disaster, the Taiwan Railways Administration used large cranes to put the derailed train back on the tracks to be towed away from the site of the crash.