On April 25, 2015, Taiwan Adventist Hospital (TAH) reached out to the beautiful islandof Palau in the South Pacific region to start a journey of healing ministry. With the assistance from the queen of Palau, who is also a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, we were not only successful in providing free clinic services and healthcare lectures, but we also met with Ibedul (the king of Palau) and a governmental delegation to deliberate the possibility of providing medical care for the people in Palau.
Later, on November 9, 2015, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed with the Palau Ministry of Health to establish an international cooperation between Palau and Taiwan Adventist Hospital.
We dedicated ourselves to spreading the gospel and treating more people. By providing volunteer care in Palau to those with a high prevalence of non-communicable diseases and urgent medical need, we delivered the love of God.
Furthermore, it was a great honor that TAH was selected by the president of Palau,Tommy Remengesau, Jr., who visited TAH on May 19, 2016, to exchange the follow-up review of the MOU while conveying greetings to Palau patients who were hospitalized at TAH.
During his visit, the president of Palau saw the facility for himself and expressed his feeling that “it’s truly a home away from home facility, and we are very happy that the hospital is able to provide quality care. The atmosphere here is very relaxed, very comfortable. Itis important for a patient to have a feeling of home when receiving medical treatment.”
Since 1989, TAH has been providing international medical care services to patients from the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Japan, Korea, India and other countries all over the world. TAH continually seeks to provide “services without language barriers.”
Furthermore, as we focus on quality improvement, we have volunteered to be accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited hospital program since 2012 and presented an excellence performance in the 2015 reaccreditation evaluation.
Ultimately, our long-term mission includes evangelism. To be a church hospital, we seek to do all to the glory of God but not for personal success; we focus on taking our responsibilities but not merely waiting for others to make a change.
As the Bible says: “Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it” (Proverbs 3:27). TAH will continue our journey of improving human wellness globally.