It has been a week since the opening of the Pingtung General Assembly.

(Photo by reporter Luo Xinzhen)

[Reporter Luo Xinzhen/Pingtung Report] The new hospital of Pingtung Veterans General Hospital opened in Pingtung City on the 18th of this month (November). The hub location will continue to provide outpatient, emergency and inpatient services. While the services will not be reduced, a connection between the two hospitals for medical treatment and referral will be established to upgrade the medical services for the local people.

Shi Chenggui, director of the Ping County Health Bureau, said that the Pingtung Veterans General Hospital has opened for one week. It has 35 departments and has the same level of next-generation radiation therapy equipment as the National Taiwan University Cancer Hospital and the latest hybrid operating room in Asia; In addition to medical treatment, it also develops characteristic medical treatment such as cancer treatment, neurology, cardiovascular medicine, geriatric medicine integration, children's medicine, and integration of Chinese and Western medicine, so as to provide the county residents with the accessibility and convenience of medical treatment.

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The main structure of the medical building is a reinforced concrete structure building with 2 floors underground and 9 floors above ground. It also plans to dormitories for medical staff. The exterior color of the building is mainly in a large color system. Respect and preserve existing trees, reuse environmental health and resources with intelligence, green energy, and energy conservation, and aim at the gold level of the green building label, reduce the environmental burden caused by the hospital, and implement the concept of health promotion and sustainable management.

Shi Chenggui pointed out that the Longquan Branch of Pingtung Veterans General Hospital maintains the original diagnosis and treatment department services in the outpatient department, and provides 24-hour emergency services, inpatient diagnosis and treatment services, kidney dialysis services, chronic respiratory care and post-acute integrated care, including 99 acute beds, There are 60 beds for general mental illness, 60 beds for chronic mental illness and 79 beds for special patients.

Medical care is connected to long-term care. At present, the nursing home provides 199 beds of service capacity, and the long-term care institution is being renovated. When it is completed, it can provide another 100 beds of long-term care accommodation services.

In addition, Pingtung Veterans General Hospital will also strengthen the connection and referral services between the two hospitals in the future, improve the convenience of medical treatment in the neighboring areas of Neipu, provide the public with 24-hour medical services, reduce the rate of inter-district transfers, and improve The quality of medical services meets the medical needs of North Pingtung, thereby achieving medical equality.