A 62-year-old man received an eight-month jail sentence for yelling and making threats outside a urology clinic at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital’s Chiayi County branch, the Chiayi District Court ruled in a summary judgement.
The man, surnamed Chiang (江), was convicted of contravening Article 24 of the Medical Care Act (醫療法) for hindering the practice of medicine by means of violence, coercion, intimidation, public insults or other illegal methods, the court said.
The judgement said Chiang should face the consequences of his inability to control his temper, his disrespect for medical procedures and his behavior’s impact on other patients’ right to seek medical services.
Photo: Ting Wei-chieh, Taipei Times
The eight-month sentence can be commuted to a fine at a daily rate of NT$1,000. The ruling can be appealed.
The indictment seeking summary judgement, filed on Aug. 5, said that Chiang on Feb. 27 last year allegedly started the disruptive behavior in the waiting area of the hospital.
“This urologist is very bad,” Chiang allegedly said, while allegedly making threats such as “if I end up dead, so should you,” the indictment said.
Chiang later that year again ranted in the urologist’s clinic, on Aug. 1 and on Sept. 19, both of which the urologist reported to the police.
The indictment did not indicate what specifically set Chiang off.
The prosecutors requested a summary judgement because Chiang confessed during police questioning.
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