衛福部長林奏延今（25）日在世界衛生大會發表演說，呼籲世衛組織及各會員國支持「中華台北」穩健參與世衛相關活動，不讓任何一個人被遺漏。
林奏延率領代表團出席在瑞士日內瓦舉行的世界衛生大會（WHA），今天進行第三天的議程，林奏延代表台灣上台，以英文發表演說，據《中央社》報導，他表示，我們已經成功的從受國際援助國家，成為國際援助的提供者，呼籲世界衛生組織（WHO）及各會員國，支持「中華台北」的2300萬人民，穩健參與WHO相關會議及活動，不會遺漏任何人。
林奏延說，他是執業超過40年的小兒科醫師，奉行、堅守的原則是世界醫師會在「日內瓦宣言」中所揭櫫的誓言「我與病人之間，不容許有任何年齡、種族、國籍、政治等因素介入」。
林奏延講稿全文如下：
Mr president, Director general, fellow Health ministers ladies and gentlemen, first of all I will congratulate Mr president on his election. I would also like to extend my gratitude to Dr. Margaret Chan and the secretariat, for the efforts to facilitating Chinese Taipei’s continued participation in these assembly. As pleased 2030 development agenda by all member states, no one will be left behind. On the way towards sustainable development cause, we would like to work closely in collaborative goal global partners to transform our world.
We launched universal health insurance in 1995. It covers 99.9% of taiwanese population, and the public satisfaction rate is over 80%, the life expectancy is 80 years, infant mortality is 3.6 per 1000 life verse. Most comparable to the average of OECD countries.
Nevertheless, we faced challenges of rapid population aging, overloading health care workers, and increasing number of medical disputes. To take up these challenges, we passed the Long Term Care Service Law last year, and allocated extra resources to develop innovative and integrated service model.
In addition, we passed the Birth Injury Relieve Act, as the first step towards an lawful compensation system, for medical injury claims. This is not only provides comprehensive protection for pregnant women, but also aims to reduce medical litigation.
In response to the overload healthcare workers, we’re implementing restriction of working hours for healthcare workers, including physicians and the training.
Furthermore, we plan to cover the employed physicians under the protection of Labor Standard Act. We now have successfully transformed from an international aid recipient to an aid provider.
To help stop the global spread of infectious diseases, we have offered the past 12 months organized workers training workshops, from participants from 14 of neighboring countries, to improve regional capability to respond to ebola, mers, dengue as well as zika virus. In fact, we detected the second imported cases of zika just a few days ago. We hope to work even more closely with WHO and other international institutes to strengthen the global health security.
Moreover we are one of the world leaders in reconstructive microsurgery, craniofacial surgery and organ transplantation.
In response to the WHA and the lancet commissions on global surgery, we would like to provide training opportunity to 50 surgical trainer around the world within the next 5 years. I am a Pediatrician who has practiced over 40 years. I strive to applaud the medical associations the credition of Geneva, and I quote ”I will not permit consideration or age or origin, nationality, and political affiliations to intervene between my duty and my patient”
Ladies and Gentlemen, in the same speech, I call on WHO and its member states, to support the 23 million citizens of chinese taipei by facilitate us participate , robustly in WHA related meetings and activities. Then no one will be left behind. Thank you very much.