My dear fellow veterans and cyber friends,
Welcome to www.vhlc.gov.tw (under the Veterans Affairs Commission, Executive Yuan).
The hospital is established with the aim of serving all our fellow veterans by means of assisting them in seeking and successfully obtaining medical care – one of the four tasks of VAC (the other three are home care, employment assistance and educational assistance) – to promote medical services to veteran patients and the public. Please refer to the following regarding the hospital’s details.
Our Tasks
Handling clinical and hospitalization services for veterans and their dependents in the Pingtung area.
In charge of medical care for patients referred from other veterans general hospitals, farms, veterans service offices, etc.
In charge of medical care for retired veterans or those disabled from a war.
Clinical and hospitalization services under the National Health Insurance.
Medical care in the Pingtung area and enhancing the quality of medical care in remote areas to fulfill the goal of the National Health Insurance.
Responsible for rehabilitation as well as the prevention and cure of chronic diseases, and mental disorders.
Current Facilities
(1) OPD Building, with a basement and 6 floors, was started in 1990, including
First Floor: Outpatient Services, X-ray Room, Laboratory, Pharmacy, Registration Countery.
Second Floor: Operation Room, Dialysis Center, Intensive Care Unit, Computer Room, Endoscopy Room, Ultrasound Room.
Third Floor: Surgical ward with 50 beds
Fifth Floor: Medical ward with 50 beds
Sixth Floor: Chronic ward with 50 beds
Seventh Floor: Conference Room and, Library
(2) Building A/B of the Chronic Ward: Four floors above the ground, started in 1993
Building A: Nursing home of 250 beds
Building B: Mental ward – 60 beds for acute cases and 140 beds for chronic cases.
(3) Rehabilitation Center: Three floors above the ground, started in 1993
First Floor: Electrotherapy area, Physiotherapy area
Second Floor: Exercise area, Hydropathy area, Occupational therapy area
Third Floor: Center of Early Education for Children
(4) Mental Ward
a single-storey house with 100 mental chronic beds, started in 1997
Present Beds
Division
The Number of Currently Existing Hospital Beds
The Number of Planned Hospital Beds in Future
Estimated
Execution Time
Acute Disease
General Bed
100
150
Special Bed
Bed for Intensive Care
10
10
Bed for Dialysis
5
10
Bed for Respirator Treatment
20
Bed for Acute Disease Observation
3
As the project of the Health Department, Executive Yuan
Subtotal
111
183
Bed for Mental Disorder
Bed for Acute Disease
60
100
Bed for Chronic Disease
140
250
Day Ward
45
45
Bed for Drug Abstention and Treatment
50
As the project of the Ministry of Justice
Subtotal
200
400
Bed for Chronic Disease
54
54
Nursing Home
180
100
Total
545
737
(5) Our Perspectives
Becoming the medical care center of Neipu area.
Critical Care Medicine: Evaluating local needs, solving referral problems, and establishing a respiratory therapy center
Home Nursing Treatment – consisting of physicians, psychologists, nurses and social workers
Detoxification Center: 50 beds
Cooperative hospitals and schools: Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital is the main cooperative institution; other cooperative hospitals and schools are Pingtung Jen-Ai Hospital, Kai-Suan
Psychiatric Hospital, Kuo-Jen Hospital, Ta-Jen Pharmacy College, Ming-Te Nurse School, local centers and clinics. These supports have made VHLC the medical health center of Neipu area.
(6) Our Spirit
Unselfishness, Dedication, Faithfulness, Sincerity, Innovation, Cooperation, Benevolence, Medical Service to the public
We are looking forward to your suggestion on our medical service, and wish you have a wonderful tour of the web site.
