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Detention of nurse accused of hurting infant approved By Su chin-feng, Tsai Shu-yuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer The Taichung District Court has approved a detainment order for a female nurse working at a postpartum nursing center in the city’s Situn District (西屯) for allegedly injuring a 28-day-old boy. The 37-year-old defendant, surnamed Tseng (曾), has been dismissed from her job, the center said, adding that it would take full responsibility if it is found complicit. While Tseng, who had been working at the center for four years, has not sworn an affidavit on the incident, she reportedly denied abusing the infant, saying that her “improper actions” were because she was too tired due to excessive work. ....
Training in a station A police dog grapples with a protective sleeve worn by a mock terrorism suspect as officers stand guard in a drill at the City Hall MRT Station in Taichung yesterday. The drill was organized by the Taichung Police Department and Taichung Mass Rapid Transit Corp to simulate the aftermath of a bomb blast at the station. Photo: Chang Jui-chen, Taipei Times Comments will be moderated. Keep comments relevant to the article. Remarks containing abusive and obscene language, personal attacks of any kind or promotion will be removed and the user banned. Final decision will be at the discretion of the Taipei Times. ....
Surrogacy law may help end dubious practices: experts By Wu Liang-yi, Chang Jui-chen and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer Surrogacy laws could help Taiwanese who are unable to conceive and remove the need for them to seek controversial international surrogacy, fertility experts said on Tuesday. Progress on a draft surrogacy bill which passed a first reading in May last year has been stalled, despite widespread support, as there remain many technical and legal problems to solve, Health Promotion Administration (HPA) Maternal and Child Health Division Director Lin Yi-ching (林宜靜) said. Surrogacy has been on the agenda at the legislature for years, and the HPA has held seven meetings on the issue in the past six months alone, but no real progress has been made, she said. ....