Taiwan Adventist Hospital

The Taiwan Adventist Hospital (TAH; Chinese: 臺安醫院; pinyin: Tái'ān Yīyuàn) is a hospital in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. Since 1989, Taiwan Adventist Hospital has been giving medical care to patients from Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Korea, United States, United Kingdom, and many other countries.[1]

Taiwan Adventist Hospital
臺安醫院
Geography
LocationSongshan, Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates25°02′52.4″N 121°32′50.7″E
Organisation
Funding1949 (in Taiwan)
TypeHospital
Links
Websitewww.tahsda.org.tw

History
Taiwan Adventist Hospital stone

The hospital was relocated from Shanghai to Taipei in 1949, after mainland China was conquered by the Communists.[2] Dr. Harry Willis Miller re-established it as Taiwan Sanitarium Hospital. Madame Chiang Kai-shek cut the ribbon on March 28, 1955 when the new hospital was completed.[2] Later it was renamed Taiwan Sanitarium and Hospital, after it expanded its services. The hospital originally had 70 beds and later increased that number to 220. In 1971, the hospital started community health care work, and changed its name to Taiwan Adventist Hospital. After it became too small, a new hospital was built at the same location in 1986. In 2006, the hospital got the permission from the Department of Health for a New Hospital and Teaching Hospital Accreditation System.[2] On February 21, 2012 Tawain Adventist Hospital became the first hospital to be certified by SGS against the ISO 50001:20011 Energy Management Systems Standard.[2]

Muslim-friendly hospital

The city of Taipei is working with Taiwan Adventist Hospital to make the city more friendly to Muslims.[3][4] In 2018 Taiwan Adventist Hospital became the first hospital in Taiwan to be certified by the Indonesian Ulema Council, the nations top Islamic body. To be qualified it had to have cosmetics, meet drug and food requirements, and a Muslim prayer rooms with Qurans, prayer rugs and washing facilities.[3][4][5]

Refugee care

Since January 2018 Taiwan Adventist Hospital has treated 10 people from Nauru refugee camp.[6] Including a woman from Iran who had open heart surgery,[7][8] and a woman from Somalia who had surgery on her hand.[9]

Award

In 2018, Taiwan Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu awarded Taiwan Adventist Hospital the Friend of Foreign Service Medal for its medical diplomacy work for Palau and Solomon Islands.[10]

See also

References
  1. "President of Palau Visits Taiwan Adventist Hospital". Northern Asia-Pacific Division. 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  2. "Taiwan Adventist Hospital". English In Taiwan. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  3. "Taipei hoping to add more Muslim-friendly certified hospitals". Taiwan News. 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  4. l-chia, Lee (2019-04-16). "Taipei want Muslim-friendly hospitals". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  5. "Taipei works with TAH to boost number of Muslim-friendly hospitals". Taiwan Today. 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  6. Green, David (2018-06-25). "Taiwan News: Nauru Refugee Medical Treatments, Lee Teng-hui in Japan". The NewsLens. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  7. Doherty, Ben; Vasefi, Saba (2018-03-12). "Nauru refugee flown with son to Taiwan for critical heart surgery". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  8. Davidson, Helen; Vasefi, Saba (2018-05-14). "Iranian refugee and son at risk of suicide returned to Nauru against medical advice". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  9. Thompson, Angus (2018-06-21). "Genital mutilation victim on Nauru for five years wins bid to have abortion in Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  10. "9 local hospitals honored for advancing Taiwan's medical diplomacy". Taiwan Today. 2018-05-07. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
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