{"id":6574,"date":"2015-11-03T16:23:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T08:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.kmu.edu.tw\/schoolmag\/?page_id=6574"},"modified":"2015-11-03T16:23:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T08:23:54","slug":"kaohsiung-medical-university-chung-ho-memorial-hospital","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.kmu.edu.tw\/schoolmag\/kaohsiung-medical-university-chung-ho-memorial-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.kmu.edu.tw\/schoolmag\/files\/2015\/10\/104-10-06\u9ad8\u91ab\u82f1\u6587\u7c21\u4ecb_\u90e8\u520618.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4451\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.kmu.edu.tw\/schoolmag\/files\/2014\/10\/btn_pdf.jpg\" alt=\"btn_pdf\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has been 57 years since the establishment of Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital in 1957. It was the first medical center in southern<br \/>\nTaiwan, and the only university hospital in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung district. Besides Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung<br \/>\nMunicipal Siaogang Hospital, Ta-Tung Hospital, and Cijin Hospital all form a highly efficient KMU medical treatment system. At<br \/>\npresent, the monthly average number of outpatients is about 150,000, hospitalizations number 36,000, emergencies number 7,300,<br \/>\nand the number of operations around 2,200 patients. In order to serve Kaohsiung&#8217;s citizens and people nearby, KMU will continue<br \/>\noffering high-quality medical services.<\/p>\n<p>anatomy and histology, becoming the first innovative operation<br \/>\ndomestically and globally. Ptosis correction rate is higher than<br \/>\nany other medical institutes in Taiwan and even that in Asia. It<br \/>\nreduces the risk of complications and has won a silver medal of<br \/>\nthe National Biotechnological Medical Quality Award in 2012.<br \/>\nBy using molecular markers of personalized medical treatment<br \/>\nfor cancer and choosing a proper treatment and dose of drugs,<br \/>\nthe waste of medical resources will be reduced effectively. The<br \/>\n\u201cDiagnostic wafer\u201d has gained multi-national patents from the<br \/>\nUnited States, the European Union and Japan, and the hospital<br \/>\nis now negotiating patent licensing and technology transfer.<br \/>\nBy improving and refining the original way of operation, using<br \/>\nautologous tissues&#8211; transverse rectus abdominis muscle flap\u2014to<br \/>\ndo breast reconstruction, over 1,000 operations have been<br \/>\ncompleted until now, possessing the most cases domestically.<br \/>\nAt a 100% success rate, this, the highest breast cancer survival<br \/>\nrate in Taiwan, won a silver medal from SNQ in 2014.<br \/>\nThe establishment of a general anesthetic without dysmenorrhea<br \/>\nrectal ultrasound prostate surgery sliced, introducing the<br \/>\nDa Vinci surgical system, elevating the quality of prostate<br \/>\noperation, the use of genetic molecular markers as a predictor<br \/>\nof early recurrence index, processes and technology to track<br \/>\nafter surgical procedures.<br \/>\nIn 2014, the hospital follows the policy of the Ministry of Health<br \/>\nand Welfare to conduct the improvement of the shortage of<br \/>\nmedical resources and doctors in the mountain villages and to<br \/>\ncare for the health of the inhabitants of the villages lacking<br \/>\nmedical resources. The hospital actively engages in international<br \/>\nmedical aid projects, organizes an international medical group,<br \/>\nsends medical staff to serve the people in the Solomon Islands<br \/>\nand other friendly allies, cooperates with diplomatic policy to<br \/>\njoin international hygienic supporting medical activities, and<br \/>\norganizes emergency humanitarian medical groups to visit the<br \/>\nSolomon Islands to cure important people; consequently was<br \/>\nawarded a silver medal by SNQ in 2014.<br \/>\nThe hospital will continue developing outstanding medical<br \/>\ncharacteristics, carry out a learning-center teaching module,<br \/>\naward outstanding research and publications, elevate patients\u2019<br \/>\nsafety and medical quality, insist on medical ethics, take social<br \/>\nresponsibility, protect Kaohsiung, step out of Southern Taiwan,<br \/>\ncross the Taiwan Straits, and win more honors for Chung-Ho<br \/>\nMemorial Hospital.<br \/>\n5.Colorectal Cancer: Recurrence after surgery for early diagnosis<br \/>\nand personalized medical treatment<br \/>\n6.Breast reconstruction surgery: Breast Reconstruction Medical<br \/>\nTreatment after breast cancer transverse rectus abdominis<br \/>\nmuscle flap<br \/>\n7.Prostate Cancer: the use of genetic molecular markers as a<br \/>\npredictor of early recurrence index<br \/>\nNew technological operations and development of the equipment<br \/>\nChung-Ho Memorial Hospital has introduced the most advanced<br \/>\nmedical operation system in the world\u2014the third generation<br \/>\nof the Da Vinci surgical system, which has super-high threedimensional<br \/>\nanalytic visual images and an accurate, delicate,<br \/>\nand reflexive controlling system. There were 295 operations<br \/>\ncompleted using this system by the end of October, 2014.<br \/>\nAhead of Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, Chung-Ho Memorial<br \/>\nHospital is the first hospital to introduce the Renaissance Robotic<br \/>\nArm System, which can be applied to every operation on the<br \/>\nvertebrae. The neurosurgery team had finished 265 operations<br \/>\nby the end of October, 2014.<br \/>\nChung-Ho Memorial Hospital has set up a complete treatment<br \/>\nprocedure of performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy<br \/>\nand developed Transumbilical single-port laparoscopic<br \/>\ncholecystectomy, which successfully cures gallbladder diseases.<br \/>\nThe number of patients undergoing this operation increases<br \/>\nannually. The number of operations has reached 500 cases<br \/>\nevery year, which is the top of domestic medical centers.<br \/>\nMedical Characteristics<br \/>\nChung-Ho Memorial Hospital is the first medical institute<br \/>\nadopting \u201cChronic Hepatitis C Individual Treatment\u201d in Asia.<br \/>\nAs a Hepatitis Center, the hospital uses personalized Hepatitis<br \/>\nC treatment, has developed the genetic test IL28B, and assists<br \/>\nin earlier assurance of the effect of Hepatitis C treatment. Its<br \/>\nservice and research energies are ahead of all medical institutes<br \/>\nin Taiwan.<br \/>\nSince 2002, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital has tried out the<br \/>\ncomprehensive healthcare of chronic kidney disease, which<br \/>\nestablishes the Taiwan chronic kidney disease care process cum<br \/>\nhealth education mode. In 2003, the Hospital established the<br \/>\nfirst domestic kidney health promotion agency and was selected<br \/>\nas the first-level kidney health promotion agency by the Health<br \/>\nPromotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Coronary Artery Disease Medical Group\u201d was set up and<br \/>\npassed the quality certificate of disease healthcare by the Taiwan<br \/>\nJoint Commission on Hospital Accreditation; in 2013, it was<br \/>\nhighly evaluated by the Taiwan Joint Commission on Hospital<br \/>\nAccreditation and professional assessment and gained the \u201cCare<br \/>\nQuality Certification of Cardiovascular Disease Hospital .\u201d<br \/>\nPtosis-integrated Medical Team begins with the most fundamental<br \/>\n1.The Da Vinci surgical system<br \/>\n2.Renaissance system<br \/>\n3.Transumbilical single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy<br \/>\n1.C Hepatitis Treatment<br \/>\n2.Chronic kidney disease: the paradigm shift from integrated care<br \/>\nfrom dialysis to kidney disease<br \/>\n3.Coronary artery disease<br \/>\n4.Ptosis: Unveiling a new vision&#8211; Orbicularis muscle \u2013 innovative<br \/>\nsurgical treatment of muscle flap of forehead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been 57 years since the establishment of Chung-H &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.kmu.edu.tw\/schoolmag\/kaohsiung-medical-university-chung-ho-memorial-hospital\/\" class=\"more-link\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6574","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kmu.edu.tw\/schoolmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kmu.edu.tw\/schoolmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kmu.edu.tw\/schoolmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kmu.edu.tw\/schoolmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kmu.edu.tw\/schoolmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kmu.edu.tw\/schoolmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6575,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kmu.edu.tw\/schoolmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6574\/revisions\/6575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kmu.edu.tw\/schoolmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}