Chiayi Branch of Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Chiayi Branch, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Veterans Affairs Commission, Executive Yuan. (VHCY) has provided medical care for veterans and their families for more than 40 years. In 1994, it became an official healthcare provider of the Bureau of National Health Insurance in 1994. In July 2002, VHCY was made a egional and Academic Hospitaly the Department of Health, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. and thus became one of the most prestigious hospitals in Chiayi The hospital has fully established the following departments: Neurology, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Pulmonary medicine, Rheumatology, Immunology, Metabolism, Nephrology, General Surgery, Urology, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dentistry, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Emergency, Dermatology, Anesthesiology, Rehabilitation, Radiology, Clinical and anatomical, Pathology, Traditional Medicine department. ESWL (Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy) Center, Respiratory Care Unit, the dialysis center and the Cardiac Catheterization Room. The new medical and surgical intensive care units (48 beds), as well as 15 units of operation rooms are the brand-new and most advanced facilities. In order to make medical service more convenient for those who live in the downtown area, VHCY opened a branch in Chiayi City

本院成立於民國四十一年元旦，原為陸海空軍肺病療養院，民國四十四年改為陸軍第一肺病療養院。至民國四十八年七月，因社會環境的需要，乃由軍方正式改隸，並命名為嘉義榮民醫院，下設仙草、灣橋、鹿滿、田中四個分院。

為因應當前醫療環境變遷，發揮協調、統合功能，凝聚向心力促進院務順利發展，本分院組織編制設置院長、副分院長，並下設醫療單位6部：內科部、外科部、精神部、家庭醫學部、影像醫學部、護理部及獨立醫學12科：婦產科、小兒科、眼科、耳鼻喉科、麻醉科、牙科、病理檢驗科、復健科、急診醫學科、藥劑科、營養科、傳統醫學科及內科重症加護中心、外科重症加護中心2中心外，另有二級部科33科：一般內科、神經內科、心臟內科、胃腸科、胸腔內科、新陳代謝科、風濕免疫科、感染科、血液腫瘤科、腎臟科、呼吸治療科、一般外科、神經外科、胸腔外科、整形外科、大腸直腸外科、骨科、泌尿科、心臟血管外科、皮膚科、一般精神科、身心醫學科、社區精神科、兒童青少年精神科、復健精神科、老人精神科、藥癮治療精神科、家庭醫學科、社區醫學科、安寧緩和醫學科、核子醫學科、放射診斷科、介入性診療放射科。