Chi Mei Hospital in Tainan’s Liou-ying District (柳營) on Tuesday began offering a “one-stop” service for victims of sexual assault.
The hospital handled 45 cases of sexual assault last year, and 25 cases from January to September this year, hospital superintendent Huang Soon-cen (黃順賢) said at a news conference.
These numbers do not include the cases that might have gone unreported, he said.
By providing a one-stop window, the hospital hopes to improve sexual assault prevention and response, reduce the number of times the victim has to describe the incident and prevent the victim from experiencing further distress, he said.
Huang gave reporters a tour of the hospital’s facilities.
Through its facilities, the hospital hopes to help sexual assault victims to preserve physical evidence, as well as take care of their psychological needs, Huang said.
At the hospital victims can receive a sexual assault kit, file a police report, receive psychological support and counseling, and complete other procedures, the hospital said.
Government and law enforcement officials, including Pan Ying-mei (潘英美), head of the sexual assault prevention division at the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Department of Protective Services, Tainan Public Health Bureau Director Chen Yi (陳怡), Tainan Social Affairs Bureau Deputy Director-General Yen Ching-yin (顏靚殷), Tainan City Police Department Deputy Commissioner Lee Cheng-hsiao (李政曉) and Tainan District Prosecutors’ Office prosecutor Chou Meng-hsiang (周盟翔), were also at the news conference.
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