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Italian Camillian Missionaries’medical services in Taiwan.
Camillian Missionary（1952~）
In 1946, Fr. Crotti Antonio and four other fellows of Italian Camillian Missionary stationed their mission in Yunnan Province, mainland China as the starting place of health care services and gospel-preaching. In the early spring of 1952, Italian Camillian Missionary was forced by the Communist Party to leave Mainland China. In the next summer, they indirectly transferred to Taiwan and Penghu. From that time on, they conveyed their love and enthusiasm to the people on this land.
◆The Founding Process
The Italian Camillian Missionary founded medical services for the poor and ill patients.
Fifty years ago, it was poor and behind developed on Lanyang Plain of east Taiwan. The Italian Camillian Missionary chose Lanyang Plain to be their starting point. Its commitment was medical mission and helping the poor. At that time, the population on Lanyang Plain, a few small clinics within the area, was only 260,000. They rent an out of business building of the Bo-ai Clinic to start off their mission.
◆The Development Process
Friar Marinello Renat doctors carried out diagnosis .
Italian Camillian Missionary bought the clinic and changed its name to Saint Mary's Hospital Luodong. The small hospital had merely 12 beds. It was very difficult for the medical workers in the beginning for the shortage of medical resources and facilities. There were 13 nurses in the hospital. Yet, the God father, doctors, friars, and nuns in one mind went through the hardship. They set a great model.
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 Fr. Rizzi Giovanni. |
Italian Camillian Missionary fundraised everywhere for the needing patients. In 1955, the hospital had more than one hundred beds. In 1959, Saint Mary’s Wanshan Sanitarium was opened in Wanshan Village of Tungshan Township. It originally had 40 beds, especially for tuberculosis patients. Monk Barish was the one who in charge the sanatorium. In 1967, Saint Mary’s Wanshan Sanitarium finished expansion construction with additional second-story space of 62 rooms in total. In 1973, it continued building extension to third floor and beds increased to 83. It made a significant contribution to provide prevention and treatment of tuberculosis.
Dr. Giovanni Janez .
Friar He.
Fr. Didone is received by Pope Benedict 16.
◆Expansion of the hospital
Tens of foreign missionaries sleep forever on
the south side of Wanshan mountain in Rao-dong ,Yilan county.
It was an age of extremely deficiency in medical care in 1960’s. Friars treated patients with mercy. The hospital expansion always could not match the need of numerous patients. Nurses were also in short supply. In 1964, they proposed to found Saint Mary’s Nursing School to foster more nurses. In 1989, they at last found the way to succeed in the consent of headquarter of Roman Catholic. It was a building with an area of about 5,300 ping of 11-storey for outpatient clinic and the Surgery Department. For high quality of medical service to Yilan residents, a new 12-storey hospital building with an area of approximately 6,400 ping opened in 2007.
In order to meet the need of the unceasingly coming patients, fundraising has been going on for Saint Mary’s Hospital Luodong expansion.
For the past fifty years, Saint Mary's Hospital Luodong experienced a period of hard time, going through the development of a small bungalow gradually unto the present modernized facilities. People highly respected the former presidents Fr. Antonio, Fr. Didone, Fr. Rizzi Giovanni, Friar Renato, Friar Petrin Giovanni, Friar He, and Dr. Janez, and many other priests for their spirit of perseverance and resolution to challenges.
References :
Saint Mary’s Hospital Luodonghttp://www.smh.org.tw/index.htm
Image Sources :
Cathvoicehttp://www.cathvoice.org.tw/glory-life/doctor/index.htm
Saint Mary’s Hospital Luodong
http://www.smh.org.tw/about/about411.htm
http://www.smh.org.tw/mag1/001870.htm
http://www.smh.org.tw/about/about477.htm
http://www.smh.org.tw/mag/page/123/950824body.htm
http://www.smh.org.tw/about/about2.htm
Youngsun Culture & Education Foundationhttp://www.youngsun.org.tw:8080/calendar/index.asp?calendar_day=2008/9/15
Cultural Affairs Bureau of Yilan County
http://mookyilan.ilccb.gov.tw/modules/xcgal/displayimage.php?pid=898&album=random&cat=&pos=-898
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