Jen-Ai Hospital (), is a community

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founded by Dr. Chuan-Sheng Liao, in

Dali District Dali District () is an inner city district in Taichung, Taiwan. Name The name "Dali" originates from ''Tai-li-khit'' (), where ''Tai-li'' refers to the Hoanya aborigines and ''khit'' refers to a bamboo raft's toon. History After the handover ...

Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiw ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. It has two branches in Taichung city: Jen-Ai Hospital – Dali branch () is the region's largest

teaching hospital A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...

, while the Jen-Ai Hospital – Taichung branch () is known for its long history in the city. Jen-Ai Hospital – Dali is a tertiary referral hospital and is known for being the first hospital in Taiwan to launch an International Patient Center and Baby Web Nursery Website.

History

Jen-Ai Clinic was first founded in

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in 1945 by Dr. Chuan-Sheng Liao (1916–2015). During the

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, Dr. Liao had to abandon his clinic and move to Taiwan, where he started the clinic again in 1947. The clinic expanded through the years and became known as Jen-Ai Hospital in 1966. To accommodate the demand for medical services from a growing population, Jen-Ai Hospital – Dali opened in June 1995 and the original hospital became known as Jen-Ai Hospital – Taichung. Over the course of 70 years taking care of the medical needs of the people in Taichung, Jen-Ai Hospital continued to receive many honors and recognition, especially for their efforts in promoting an English-friendly environment and Baby Friendly Hospital initiatives. The hospital has now grown to have 40 medical specialties and has more than 1,200 employees. Along with helping millions of people in Taichung with their medical issues, Jen-Ai Hospital has received numerous local and international awards, as well as garnering much media coverage for its humanitarian efforts for the people of Taichung.

Status

Jen-Ai Hospital – Dali has 550 beds and is a

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hospital. The Taichung branch has 87 beds and is a

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facility. New Medical Building (

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building), across from the street from Jen-Ai Hospital - Dali, officially opened its doors in December 2019. Jen-Ai Hospital – Dali provides medical services in more than 40 departments including

Bariatric Surgery Bariatric surgery (or weight loss surgery) includes a variety of procedures performed on people who are obese. Long term weight loss through the standard of care procedures ( Roux en-Y bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, and biliopancreatic diversion ...

Cardiac Surgery Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to corr ...

Neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peri ...

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Plastic Surgery Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. Reconstructive surgery includes craniofa ...

, etc. Some of the departments that were moved into the New Medical Building include:

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Clinic, Eye Clinic,

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Clinic,

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Clinic,

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Clinic,

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Center,

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Center, Cosmetic Treatment Center, Combined Therapy Center for

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and Metabolic Diseases, Regeneration Center, Sleep Center, Hyperbaric Oxygen Center, Postpartum Nursing Care Center,

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, Health Management Center, Shopping Arcade, Food Court,

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, etc. (However, due to

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, Food Court and Family Mart have closed down temporarily, but has reopened since.).

Centers of Excellence

In addition to the medical specialties that the hospital possess, Jen-Ai Hospital has created the following Centers of Excellence to help the people with even more difficult medical problems. Jen-Ai Hospital's Centers of Excellence include Taiwan Spine Center; Taiwan Center for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery; Oncology Treatment Center; Diabetes Center; Health Examination Center; Cosmetic Treatment Center; Cardiovascular Center; Gastroenterology Endoscopy Center; Positron Emission Tomography Center; Breast Center; Baby-Friendly Center; Hemodialysis Center; Respiratory Care Center; Pain Management Center; International Patient Center; etc.

Taiwan Spine Center

Taiwan Spine Center, which was formed in 1999, specializes in treating spine conditions such as

scoliosis Scoliosis is a condition in which a person's spine has a sideways curve. The curve is usually "S"- or "C"-shaped over three dimensions. In some, the degree of curve is stable, while in others, it increases over time. Mild scoliosis does not t ...

kyphosis Kyphosis is an abnormally excessive convex curvature of the spine as it occurs in the thoracic and sacral regions. Abnormal inward concave ''lordotic'' curving of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spine is called lordosis. It can result fr ...

degenerative disk disease Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a medical condition typically brought on by the normal aging process in which there are anatomic changes and possibly a loss of function of one or more intervertebral discs of the spine. DDD can take place with ...

spinal cord injury A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. Symptoms may include loss of muscle function, sensation, or autonomic function in the parts of the body served by the spinal cor ...

and conducts radical surgical procedures for these conditions. Taiwan Spine Center also offers non-surgical treatments,

pain management Pain management is an aspect of medicine and health care involving relief of pain (pain relief, analgesia, pain control) in various dimensions, from acute and simple to chronic and challenging. Most physicians and other health professionals pr ...

advice, and tests for spine health. Many new correctional surgery techniques for spine diseases have been developed by its director, Dr. Kao-Wha Chang, vice-superintendent, who has helped the hospital to be certified by

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and

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as the teaching facility for spine deformity correctional surgery in Asia.

Taiwan Center for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery

Taiwan Center for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery provides well-rounded

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programs featuring a combination of

dieting Dieting is the practice of eating food in a regulated way to decrease, maintain, or increase body weight, or to prevent and treat diseases such as diabetes and obesity. As weight loss depends on calorie intake, different kinds of calorie-redu ...

exercise Exercise is a body activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. It is performed for various reasons, to aid growth and improve strength, develop muscles and the cardiovascular system, hone athletic ...

routine,

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, drug cocktail treatment and surgical procedures to combat

obesity Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it may negatively affect health. People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's we ...

. Its director, Dr. Shih-Huang Chao, the chief consultant, is a surgeon also known for inventing the gastric clipping weight loss method (a surgical procedure that can be done in 30 minutes), which has been granted

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s in the

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, and

. Created in the year 2000, with over 15 years experience and 100,000

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cases, the Weight Management Center provides self-pay services that are not covered by

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in Taiwan but remains quite popular among the ever-increasing population of

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and

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patients around the world.

Oncology Treatment Center

Oncology Treatment Center was started in 1999 by Dr. Chih-Chung Su, the chief director in the Oncology Dept., when

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...

has been part of the top 10 causes of death in Taiwan for more than 20 consecutive years. Oncology Treatment Center provides

chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemotherap ...

radiation therapy Radiation therapy or radiotherapy, often abbreviated RT, RTx, or XRT, is a therapy using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells and normally delivered by a linear accelerator. Radia ...

targeted therapy Targeted therapy or molecularly targeted therapy is one of the major modalities of medical treatment (pharmacotherapy) for cancer, others being hormonal therapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy. As a form of molecular medicine, targeted therapy blocks ...

, and other forms of treatments/therapies such as Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT),

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for various cancers including

breast cancer Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a re ...

lymphoma Lymphoma is a group of blood and lymph tumors that develop from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). In current usage the name usually refers to just the cancerous versions rather than all such tumours. Signs and symptoms may include enlar ...

, and

esophagus cancer Esophageal cancer is cancer arising from the esophagus—the food pipe that runs between the throat and the stomach. Symptoms often include difficulty in swallowing and weight loss. Other symptoms may include pain when swallowing, a hoarse voic ...

. Aside from offering

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, Oncology Treatment Center provides educational resources on types of

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, their

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, and ways to maintain a

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for terminally ill patients.

Pain Management Center

Pain Management Center was created in 1985 by Dr. Ming-I Chan Liao, the executive consultant, who is a world-renowned

specialist who was educated in Japan. Pain Management Center provides forms of interventional pain management techniques including CT-guided procedure, Xenon light phototherapy, Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB), etc. for treatment for patients with

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(shingles),

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(loss of smell),

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(extreme sweating), etc. In addition to providing immense pain relief for patients world-wide, Pain Management Center maintains its award-winning

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(in Chinese) with educational resources on pain management treatments available, the drugs'

, and ways of coping with acute and

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for the people in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.

International Patient Center

International Patient Center (IPC) was first launched in 2003 by Mark K. Chan, International Medical Services Consultant, due to the increasing demand from the foreign population in Taichung city. IPC provides free interpretation services (for

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reasons), while services in a dozen other

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can be requested by appointment and will be provided by on-call

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that speak languages, ranging from English, French and Thai to Tagalog, Burmese and Hakka. Like most international medical service centers, IPC provides complimentary on-site interpretations in English and Japanese, preparing diagnosis and certification documents, translating medical documents for use after the patient returns home and simplifying financial transactions. As of October 2020, Jen-Ai Hospital International Patient Center has helped over 137,000 international patient visits, with more than 45,000+ international patients coming from 117 nationalities, including countries such as

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, etc. Since its launch of

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services in 2003, Jen-Ai Hospital – Dali has had the distinction of creating the first “International Patient Center” in Taiwan and having the most number of international patients with different nationalities in all of Taiwan. Over the years, IPC's many accomplishments have included receiving local and international awards, having presentations accepted at conferences and congresses around the world for their innovations such as Baby Web Nursery Website, Baby SMS, MMS, Video, E-file, Inpatient E-card Service, Japanese Medical Service, Indonesian Medical Service, Vietnamese Medical Service, etc., which have garnered much media coverage.

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External links

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History

Status

Centers of Excellence

Taiwan Spine Center

Taiwan Center for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery

Oncology Treatment Center

Pain Management Center

International Patient Center

See also

References

External links