CORONAVIRUS/Court rejects state compensation claim over toddler's COVID-19 death
11/11/2023 09:00 PM
The New Taipei District Court has recently upheld its rejection of a request for state compensation from the parents of a 2-year-old boy who died from complications related to COVID-19 following an 81-minute wait for an ambulance last April, the lawyer of the plaintiff said Saturday.
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