The Chiayi District Court last week sentenced an Indonesian caregiver to six months in prison, convertible to a fine, for abandoning a patient.
Cicih Nurhayati is to be deported after serving her term, according to the verdict released on Thursday last week.
The verdict can be appealed.
Photo: Taipei Times
The court found that the caregiver guilty of contravening Article 294 of the Criminal Code, which stipulates that anyone who is bound by law, order, or contract to support or protect a helpless person, but abandons them or does not give them support or protection necessary to preserve their life, may be punished by imprisonment for between six months and five years.
The six-month penalty was given based on the defendant’s confession and the minimal damage caused by the incident, the court said.
The court based its ruling on information prosecutors presented in their indictment.
It said the caregiver was employed in March 2020 as a live-in caregiver to a man surnamed Lin (林), who has spinal muscular atrophy and chronic respiratory failure, accompanied by symptoms of hypoxia.
Lin can only control his facial and finger muscles and requires constant care to prevent life-threatening situations, such as nasal obstruction, his respirator falling off or the device malfunctioning, the indictment said.
In September 2021, after her request to take a leave was denied, Cicih packed her things and left the residence at about 1am, leaving behind Lin, who was helpless to survive on his own, the indictment said.
After receiving no response from Cicih, Lin called his mother, who had hired Cicih, using the voice-activation function on his mobile phone.
Cicih admitted guilt during police questioning, but repeatedly failed to respond to prosecutors’ summonses, and was later indicted for abandoning a helpless person in contravention of her contractual duties, said the indictment, filed in December 2021.
Since then, the caregiver had been unaccounted for before she reappeared earlier this year and turned herself over to the court.
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