1946 |
Founder Dr.Yuan Chao-Ying establishes "Yuan's Internal Medicine &
Pediatric Clinic". |
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1969 |
Phase One Expansion started. |
1970 |
Phase One Expansion completed in November by adding a new
five-story hospital building with 60 beds next to the original clinic site.Facility was renamed "Yuan's Internal Medicine and Surgical Hospital."
First Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with 4 beds established in
southern Taiwan.
First
installation of a remotely controlled and monitored Toshiba DT-AE model X-ray
machine in southern Taiwan. |
1975 |
Department of Nursing established. |
1976 |
Performed the first successful case of endoscopic retrograde
cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in southern Taiwan. |
1977 |
First
to introduce ultrasonography to southern Taiwan from Japan |




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1978 |
Phase Two Expansion started.
Hemodialysis
facility established. |
1979 |
Phase Two Expansion was completed--the original site of
clinic was replaced with a ten-story hospital building, increasing to a total of
160 ward beds and 9 ICU beds. The medical establishment is now registered as
"Yuan's General Hospital." Established the Divisions of Obstetrics & Gynecology,
Pediatrics and Radiology.
Established Medical Records |
1980 |
Achieved accreditation status as a "Teaching Hospital" by the
Taiwan Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation (TJCHA).
First to install a whole-body computed tomographic scanner in southern Taiwan. |
1981 |
Accepted application for a "Level Three Teaching Hospital" by
TJCHA. Opened Medical Library on March 16.
Established Biomedical Engineering Office |
1983 |
Achieved accreditation status as a "Level Three Teaching
Hospital" by TJCHA. Established Division of Orthopedics in January.
Established Division of Pediatrics in June.
Dr.
Yuan Chao-Ying, founder of Yuan’s General Hospital, passes away on September 15. |
1984 |
Re-accredited "Level Three Teaching Hospital" status by TJCHA.
Established a team of Infectious Disease Control in March.
Established Social Work Office in August.
Established educational collaboration with the Department of Neurosurgery at
Keio University in Japan. Professors from Keio University delivered lectures and
signed a collaboration contract. |
1986 |
Taiwan's first hospital to install the Digital Subtraction
Angiography (DSA) imported from Japan.
Phase Three Expansion began in October. |
1987 |
Established the Division of Dermatology. |
1988 |
Achieved accreditation status as a "Level Two Regional
Teaching Hospital" by TJCHA.
Phase Three Expansion at Sihwei 4th Rd. was completed on January 9. The new
hospital building includes an Emergency Room and Radiology on the ground floor;
seven operating rooms on the 2nd floor; clinical wards on the 4th
to 9th floors; medical library, auditorium and two classrooms on the
10th floor. Total expansion has reckoned 360 beds. |
1989 |
Established Division of Pathology in February.
Established Division of Otolaryngology in August.
Established Division of Anesthesiology in December. |
1992 |
Established Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in July. |
1993 |
Established Division of Gastroenterology.
Established Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in August. |
1994 |
Established Division of Psychiatry in January. |
1996 |
Established Management of Planning and Coordinating Center in July. |
1997 |
Established Reproductive Medicine Center and Cosmetic Surgery
Center in March.
Opened 35-bed Shang Shun Dialysis Center in March. |
1998 |
Operated a 15-bed dialysis center in Lin Ji Shih General
Hospital.
Appointed administrator by Taiwan's Bureau of National Health Insurance for Peng-Hu Islands IDS (Integrated Delivery System) Health Plan in November. |


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1999 |
Phase
Four Expansion began. |
2000 |
Appointed administrator for Kaohsiung Municipal Ci Jin |
2001 |
Established Wensin Dentistry in June.
Administrator contract renewed for Peng-Hu Islands IDS Health
Plan in July.
Operated a 15-bed dialysis center in Show Chwan Memorial
Hospital-Kaohsiung County Gang Shan Hospital in July.
Established Division of Emergency Medicine in August. |
2002 |
Accredited status as a "Regional Teaching Hospital" by TJCHA.
Phase Four Expansion was completed in April with a
twelve-story medical building, now giving a total of 644 beds.
Demolished old Outpatient Clinics at Chenggong Rd and
expanded it into Emergency Services.
Established Respiratory Care Center and Coronary
Angiography Suite.
Installed automated biochemical analyzer.
Added 19 more beds for hemodialysis, 24 more beds for Respiratory Care Center,
and 8 more beds in surgical recovery, all in July. |
2003 |
Established 10 negative-pressure isolation rooms giving a new
total of 654 beds in July. Established Division of Infectious Diseases.
Established Incontinence Center in September. |
2004 |
Established Divisions of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation
Oncology in February. Install automated high-throughput fluorescence detector for
screening Mycobacterium tuberculosis in February.
Installed Taiwan's first 64-slice Somatom Sensation Helical CT Scanner in July. |
2005 |
Expanded to a 25-bed dial
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