Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Achievements

Medical research

• First Gamma-knife radiosurgery in Taiwan.
• First Neurological Institute in Taiwan has been pioneering in neurocritical medicine, headache, cerebellar ataxia, dementia, neural regeneration and repair, and epilepsy research and patient care of the nation.
• Established National PET/Cyclotron Center, leading the country into a new era of "In vivo Biochemical Imaging."
• First AIDS virus harvested in Asia.
• First IVF baby in Taiwan.
• First percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in Taiwan.
• The computer-monitored resectoscope for transurethral prostatectomy was invented in 1983.
• First successfully detected Down syndrome baby through amniocentesis in Taiwan.

  Medical care

• Founded 16-bed Hospice and Palliative Care Unit.
• Established therapeutic networks between County Hospital to deliver better health-care services to people in remote areas.
• Established the first tele-medical consultation with Kinmen County Hospital to make diagnosis for remote island residents.
• Established the Laminar Air Flow Room and the Bone Marrow Transplantation Center.

  Transportation