Hsinchu City prepares to build children’s hospital: Supervisory alliance criticizes government for negligence in site selection

On November 9, Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) and the city council gave a report on the long-awaited children’s hospital. At the same time, a press conference was held by ‘Hsinchu Children’s Hospital Site Location Supervisory Alliance’ outside the city council, which highlighted the project’s countless site planning problems and a lack of information disclosure and public participation in the process.

Currently, the selected location for the hospital is Jiangong 2nd Road, ‘Lot 31’, and it is expected that the medical grade children’s hospital will be constructed through a BOT investment project. However, the supervisory alliance has said that Lot 31 is of insufficient size, inconvenient to traffic and for the fist time in Taiwan lacks the support of neighboring general hospitals, which may cause difficulty in securing human resources. The supervisory alliance indicated that for such major construction planning projects the city government should strengthen its communication regarding administrative procedures and introduce mechanisms for citizen participation.

Hsinchu City prepares to build children’s hospital: Supervisory alliance criticizes government for negligence in site selection 

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新竹市籌建兒童醫院 監督盟批市府草率選址

11月9日，新竹市市長林智堅於市議會，針對籌劃多年的兒童醫院規劃案進行專案報告。而同一時間，「新竹兒醫選址監督聯盟」也在場外召開記者會，指出規劃案現址問題眾多，且決議過程亦缺乏資訊公開及民眾參與機制。

規劃案目前選定建功二路「機31」用地，預計以促參BOT方式招商，建造醫學中心等級的兒童醫院。但監督盟表示，「機31」預定基地大小不足，交通不便，加上缺乏相鄰母院支援，全台首見，醫療人力需求的條件也將更加嚴苛。監督盟也期望在重大建設規劃案的行政程序上，市政府能夠加強溝通，引入公民參與的機制。