By KHT Staff. Gushan Police Department image.
KAOHSIUNG — A 55-year-old cardiologist died Oct. 16, 2026, a day after his motorcycle collided with a cat that darted into a Kaohsiung alley, according to CNA’s account of the police investigation.
Chu Chih-sheng (朱志生), an attending cardiologist at Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital (高雄醫學大學附設中和紀念醫院), was riding through Lane 433, Bo’ai 1st Road (博愛一路433巷), in Gushan District (鼓山區) around 6 p.m. Oct. 15 when the crash occurred.
Gushan police said a cat suddenly emerged from the roadside. Chu apparently could not avoid a collision and fell. He was taken to hospital but died the following afternoon.
Chu was returning to the hospital. Colleagues and friends told UDN that he was heading back to provide emergency cardiac catheterization treatment. His wife separately told TVBS that he regularly returned on Thursday evenings for ultrasound work.
His wife also raised concerns about the interval before help arrived. She said surveillance footage suggested approximately 27 minutes passed between the crash and the ambulance reaching the scene, with other riders passing during that period, according to TVBS’s interview with the family.
That account does not establish when emergency services received the first call or whether the interval affected the outcome. Police said investigators would examine surveillance footage and ambulance dispatch records to clarify the circumstances.
The hospital described Chu as a highly regarded physician and pledged to support his family with funeral arrangements and other assistance, according to its statement reported by Mirror Media.
Chu’s hospital profile lists specialties including interventional cardiac catheterization, cardiac electrophysiology, echocardiography and cardiac intensive care.
Among those paying tribute was dermatologist Feng Wen-wei (馮文瑋), a classmate from Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School (高雄市立高雄高級中學). He recalled Chu’s memorable singing voice and described him as the trusted colleague he turned to whenever he had questions about heart medicine.
