Taipei, Oct. 23 (CNA) Former lawmaker Ju Gau-jeng (朱高正), who was known for taking the first swing at a legislative speaker in 1988 and his aggressive ways while serving in the Legislature between 1987 and 1999, died at the age of 67 on Friday, according to his former colleague Lin Cheng-chieh (林正杰).
An obstetrician last week delivered the baby of a woman with COVID-19, reportedly the first procedure of its kind in Taiwan, saying that while the surgery was a success, it was also a “war-like struggle.”
On Wednesday last week, the 31-year-old woman underwent a caesarean section, giving birth to a healthy girl, said Wang Le-ming (王樂明), the woman’s attending physician at Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital.
The woman, who was 37 weeks pregnant, was confirmed as having contracted COVID-19 on Monday last week, after her mother and husband were infected, Wang said.
The team decided to conduct a caesarean section as the child had