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both the importance of home care services and
the belief of the support for the disabled were
conveyed to Rotarians who attended the charity
concert.
Those who attended the charity concert
expressed their thought, including the
Preparation Committee Chair of the concert,
the president of RC Wu Kung, the government
official, and the medical leaders of New Taipei
City Hospital. Then, summarized what they vehicle could be driven to the homes of every
said as follows: citizen with home medical needs, it had been
At the beginning, the president of RC Wu improving the quality of long-term care at
Kung "Panel" found that it was difficult for home and providing more complete medical
many vulnerable groups with limited mobility service for them.
and bedridden patients to go to the hospital, The beneficiary, New Taipei City Hospital,
leading to delays in diagnose and treatment. To thanked to RC Wu Kung for the donation
help them solve the problems, he came up with of the mobile medical vehicle equipped
the idea of donating mobile medical vehicle with a portable ultrasound machine. In this
that could sent the medical team to the patients' way, when traveling to the remote areas,
home to provide the social care. And the scope the medical group could use the ultrasonic
of medical service could be expanded to the machine to serve those disadvantaged people
remote areas through this medical vehicle. for immediate examination and preliminary
Thus, to encourage more people to participate diagnosis. Moreover, the intervention of home
in the social welfare events and make them care through the vehicle with the ultrasonic
focus on the issue of home care, R.I. District machine could maintain the better quality in
3490 combined the charity concert with the medical service and the medical team could
donation ceremony of mobile medical vehicle, also provide effective and necessary home-care
noted the Preparation Committee Chair of the guidance for the patient to follow.
charity concert. Finally, the Past RI President "Gary"
Through the event, the mayor of New strongly affirmed District 3490's contribution
Taipei City Yu-ih Hou praised the Rotary Club to the hospital and this social welfare activity.
for the support of the disabled and the elderly. And the district governor of D3490 "Wood"
And he emphasized that because the medical Wen-Long Huang also added the Rotary
Club is a public welfare organization, and its
principle is to take care of those disadvantaged
groups who need to be cared for. On the other
hand, the New Taipei City Hospital takes care
of all patients as its responsibility. With the
same belief "Serves to change lives" in mind,
they cooperated to make differences of those
people with disabilities and benefited more
people in the society.
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