TaiwanIHA’s medical relief effort in Peru
Braving heavy rain and strong wind, the 5 members of Taiwan International Health Action (TaiwanIHA) emergency medical relief team were rushed to the airport to embark on the airplane to Peru despite imminent arrival of Setpa typhoon in the evening of August 17, 2007. (The airports of Taiwan were closed the next day due to typhoon.) At 6:41 in the evening of August 15 (August 16, Taipei time), 2007, Peru was heavily hit by an earthquake of 8 on…
