Nora Sun (孫穗芬), a granddaughter of late Republic of China (ROC) founding father Sun Yat-sen (孫逸仙), remained in critical condition following a car accident on Saturday in Taipei in which she sustained serious injuries, doctors said.
Chen Ching-lin (陳慶霖), chief of surgery at Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, said although the 72-year-old patient has regained some consciousness compared with the day before, her condition remains critical.
Because her kidney functions had been affected, Nora Sun yesterday also temporarily started undergoing kidney dialysis, Chen said.
Nora Sun was traveling on Taipei’s Jianguo Overpass in a Volvo sedan driven by a friend when the accident occurred at about 7:40am on Saturday.
Her car was hit by a March sedan coming from the opposite side of the highway, police said.
The accident caused serious injuries to her chest and abdomen, resulting in multiple traumas, lacerations of the liver and massive internal bleeding.
After a first emergency operation to repair her abdominal aorta, she underwent a second procedure to treat her chest trauma and received an infusion of 12,000CC of blood, the doctor said.
Nora Sun lives overseas. She returned to Taiwan last week to attend the Taipei International Flora Expo.
As of yesterday afternoon, Nora Sun’s score on the Glasgow Coma Scale had improved from 3 to 9, and her pupils were responding to light, Chen said.
The Glasgow Coma Scale, or GCS, is a neurological scale used to assess the conscious state of a patient, with 3 indicating deep unconsciousness and 14 or 15 full consciousness.
The doctor said the medical team would monitor possible damage to other internal organs and her spinal cord for the next few days.
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