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Updated Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:38 pm TWN, By Chen Li-ting & Bear Lee, CNA

DOH to push for medical case histories to be written in Chinese

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Department of Health (DOH) is preparing to push to have medical case histories recorded in Chinese on a trial basis, starting next year.

The DOH was censured Wednesday for failing to introduce the program in 2005 as scheduled to allow Chinese-speaking patients to better understand their own conditions.

In Taiwan, medical case histories are written in English.

Director General Shih Chung-liang of the DOH's Department of Medical Affairs said that the program will be implemented on a step-by-step basis, beginning with medical history synopses, then moving on to medical treatment plans, certificates of diagnosis and death, consent forms for surgery, medical examination reports and other documents.

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