
The Ministry of Health and Welfare held a presentation conference on the results of the Optimization of Children's Medical Care Plan. Tainan City Daan Maternity and Children's Hospital was awarded the special award "Seedling Growth Award", and five other hospitals were commended for promoting the system of dedicated doctors for children.
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The Ministry of Health and Welfare promotes the optimization of the children's medical care plan and the dedicated physician system for young children to provide continuous and integrated medical care for children aged 0 to 3 years old.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare held the "115th Annual Optimization of Children's Medical Care Plan Results Presentation" today (10th). In this year's special selection, Tainan City's "Da'an Maternity and Children's Hospital" won the special award "Seedling Growth Award" for its outstanding implementation results and characteristics. Only 5 hospitals in the country have received this honor, and Da'an Maternity and Children's Hospital was invited to share the results.
There are also 5 hospitals in Tainan City that have performed well in promoting the pediatric physician system and have been recognized and commended by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. They are "Taiwan Xinlou Hospital", "Qiu Junyang Clinic", "Xu Pediatric Clinic", "De'an Pediatric Clinic" and "Tainan City Dongshan District Health Center", which demonstrate the implementation results of Tainan City's implementation of the pediatric physician system.
The "Children's Specialist Physician System Plan" focuses on children aged 0 to 3 years old. Starting from birth, a dedicated physician will monitor the child's health status and provide continuous integrated medical care such as health examinations, vaccinations, development assessments, care consultations, referrals for dental fluoride application, and home visits. As of November this year (2026), Tainan has established 92 cooperative medical institutions and 200 cooperative doctors.
Nan City Health Director Li Cuifeng pointed out that young children are the future of the country, and the age of 0 to 3 is an important stage of a child's growth and development. Through the dedicated physician system for children, every child can be accompanied by a dedicated physician from birth, so that he can understand his health status early and provide appropriate care.
Li Cuifeng said that the Tainan City hospital's recognition of the central government's special award, as well as the excellent performance of Tainan City's reporting of outstanding hospitals, are an encouragement for the medical team to devote themselves to the health care of young children for a long time. Thanks to the joint efforts of all medical institutions and medical staff participating in the project. In the future, the Health Bureau will continue to work closely with various medical institutions, integrate cross-disciplinary and community resources, deepen children's health care services, create a more complete children's health care environment, and protect the healthy growth of every child.

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