Taipei Veterans General Hospital

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Hospital type Medical center Phone +886 2 2871 2121		Beds about 3,000 Founded 1958

Location No.201, Sec. 2, Shipai Rd., Beitou District, Taipei City, Taiwan Address No. 201, Section 2, Shipai Road, Beitou District, Taipei City, Taiwan 112 Profiles Facebook YouTube

2016 taipei veterans general hospital briefing

Founded in 1958 and administered by the Veterans Affairs Commission of Taiwan, Taipei Veterans General Hospital (Chinese: 台北榮民總醫院; pinyin: Táiběi Róngmín Zǒngyī Yuàn) is a national first class medical center and a teaching hospital which provides tertiary patient care, undergraduate medical education programs and residency programs in Taiwan. It is located in Beitou District, Taipei city, Taiwan and majorly serves patients in northern Taipei city and New Taipei city. Three branches, Taoyuan Veterans Hospital, Yuanshan Veterans Hospital, and Suao Veterans Hospital, were established.

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Medical Research

1. First Gamma-knife radiosurgery in Taiwan. (January 1993)

2. First Neurological Institute (Department of Neurology and Department of Neurosurgery) in Taiwan (1989), has been pioneering in neurocritical medicine, headache, cerebellar ataxia, dementia, neural regeneration and repair, and epilepsy research and patient care of the nation.

3. Established National PET/Cyclotron Center (first in Taiwan and second in Asia), leading the country into a new era of "In vivo Biochemical Imaging." (1992)

4. First AIDS virus harvested in Asia. (1986)

5. First IVF baby in Taiwan. (1985)

6. The computer-monitored resectoscope for transurethral prostatectomy was invented in 1983.

7. First successfully detected Down syndrome baby through amniocentesis in Taiwan (1981)

Medical Care

1. Founded 16-bed Hospice and Palliative Care Unit. (1997)

2. Established therapeutic networks between County Hospital to deliver better health-care services to people in remote areas. (1996)

3. Established the first tele-medical consultation with Kinmen County Hospital to make diagnosis for remote island residents. (1996)

4. Established the Laminar Air Flow Room and the Bone Marrow Transplantation Center. (1995)

Transportation

The hospital is accessible within walking distance North East from the Shipai Station of the Taipei Metro.

References

Taipei Veterans General Hospital Wikipedia

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