Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Taichung Veterans General Hospital is located in central Taiwan. It started medical services on September 16, 1982. Since 1991 it has been accredited “Medical Center and First Class Teaching Hospital” by the governmental Department of Health. This is a 1,600-bed hospital with around 4,100 employees. It is able to handle about 7,000 outpatients and 160 patients in the emergency room daily. As a public medical center, it provides safe, high-quality medical services with advanced facilities and training programs as well as outstanding research and development programs.

我們的沿革

行政院國軍退除役官兵輔導委員會為配合國家政策，考量中部地區榮民（眷）、一般民眾的醫療保健與醫學教學、研究發展，前於1982年7月1日奉行政院核准成立「榮民總醫院臺中分院」，9月16日展開醫療作業，1988年7月11日改制升格為「臺中榮民總醫院」。建院以來，歷經輔導會趙聚鈺先生等多位前、後任主任委員們的卓越領導與鞭策，以及羅光瑞先生等醫院院長們的擘心規畫、積極任事，於1984年通過了醫院暨教學醫院評鑑，評定為「一級教學醫院」，1988年評定為「準醫學中心」，後經五次評鑑均評為「醫學中心暨甲類教學醫院」。2007年及2011年通過「新制醫院評鑑及教學醫院評鑑」，2017年通過「醫院評鑑優良(醫學中心）」、「醫師及醫事人員類教學醫院評鑑合格(醫學中心）」， 為評鑑最高等級。收住院病人以急重症為主，醫療品質技術獲得肯定，為民眾提供了安全、溫馨、高品質的醫療服務。本院也營造優質的教學訓練場所，呈現傑出的研究發展成績，堅定踏實的履行我們既定的任務使命，確實肩負起公立醫學中心「健康守護者」的社會責任。

Taichung Veterans General Hospital – The Department of Infectious Diseases

The Division of Infectious Diseases has offered standard, innovative, and comprehensive care for our patients since 1982. Through the leadership of our chief, Po-Yu Liu, MD, we offer a wide range of inpatient and outpatient clinical services related to the care of patients with infectious diseases. Our physicians conduct a broad array of both basic and clinical research activities in a variety of areas of clinical infectious diseases, microbiology, molecular epidemiology, and prevention and control of infection.

The Division offers clinical care for all major areas of infectious diseases. Our board-certified specialists offer extensive and compassionate care to diagnose and manage both common and complex diseases including:

• CNS infections
• Pneumonia
• Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
• Urinary Tract Infections
• Mycobacterial Disease
• HIV/AIDS Care
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Compromised Host Infections
• Immunizations
• Tropical Medicine

One of the core goals of our division is to offer excellent opportunities in clinical and research training in infectious diseases. Through our diverse faculty interests and partnerships with the Centers for Disease Control, R.O.C. (Taiwan), we actively promote and mentor our fellows’ research interests. We view the training of future teachers and investigators as our most enduring contribution to medical science.

The Division is committed to global collaboration in the study and diagnosis of diseases worldwide. Research in the Division focuses on the molecular epidemiology of bacterial and fungal infection; the mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents; HIV treatment outcomes; and studies on infections related to transplantation and other immunodeficiency disorders.