The government has distributed 11 veterans hospitals throughout the island of Taiwan to render medical services for retired servicemen. The Veterans General Hospital was established to further improve medical equipment, correctness of diagnosis and effectiveness of treatment. The 280-acre Hospital grounds is located at Shipai, a suburb of Taipei. With a capacity of 1,546 beds and a total of 2,778 personnel, it has become one of the largest medical centers in Taiwan. The professional services provided by the Hospital include: medical, surgical, gynecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, dermatology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, dentistry, chest and allied diseases, radiology, neurology and psychiatry. There also are a Nuclear Medicine Center, Rehabilitation Center and Chronic Disease Control Center. Every department has its own characteristics. For example, one ward concerns the diseases of coronary arteries, where the patients suffering acute myocardial impaction are given competent, vigilant care. Surgical service is able to perform such operations as chest, neuro-surgery and combatting cardiovascular diseases. Open-heart surgery by the open method was first performed by the Hospital in Taiwan.
Nuclear Medicine is a new specialty. The Nuclear Medicine Center at the Veterans General Hospital is the first such unit established in the Republic of China. There are sophisticated as well as basic nuclear facilities, including a scintillation camera with its data processing accessories. The founding of this Center has brought the medicine to a new horizon of "Nuclear Medicine." The Rehabilitation Center provides physical and daily activity therapies for patients. Parallel bars, crutch gait training, range of motion, and progressive resistive exercise are provided in the gymnasium for the rehabilitation of the disabled. The Veterans General Hospital has won honors both at home and abroad in physical check-ups because of its excellent equipment and outstanding services.
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Whole body scanner at the Nuclear Medicine Cente
Operation room for various major operations
Ward of coronary arteries disease department