醫學中心推院內競走 90天逾3.78億步、可繞地球赤道7圈

In order to encourage colleagues to engage in more health promotion, Chi Mei Medical Center launched the hospital's "Health Points" reward and the three-month "Medical Stride Competition" walking event, which received an enthusiastic response. 35 teams and more than 400 people participated, accumulating more than 378.47 million steps, which is equivalent to about 7 times around the Earth's equator. The results are fruitful.

In response to the policy concept of "Health Coin" promoted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Chi Mei Medical System's three campuses, namely Yongkang Chi Mei, Liuying Chi Mei, and Ji Mei Chi Mei, took the lead in China on October 22 this year (2026) to launch the "Colleagues Donate Blood and Get Health Points" campaign, which essentially encourages colleagues to roll up their sleeves and combine charity actions with health promotion.

Chimei has launched a "Health Points" system for colleagues since May, encouraging them to accumulate through healthy actions such as walking 7,000 steps a day, exercising for 30 minutes, and measuring blood pressure and weight, and can be redeemed at in-hospital restaurants. The results will be published today (11th), and it is also hoped that it will be used in health examinations, self-funded vaccines and other projects in the future.

Wang Zhechuan, deputy director of Chi Mei Medical Center, said that the hospital has specially extended health rewards to vaccination and blood donation activities. Donating 250cc of blood can earn 250 health points, and donating 500cc of blood can earn 500 health points, allowing health actions to receive substantial feedback. Colleagues responded enthusiastically and donated a total of 21,500cc.

Chen Zhijin, Chimei Medical Secretary and Chairman of the Blood Transfusion Committee, pointed out that the activity questionnaire showed that 90.6% agreed that the combination of blood donation and health points would make them pay more attention to maintaining a healthy lifestyle on daily basis; 96.9% also hoped that the Ministry of Health and Welfare would include blood donation in the "Health Coin" reward project.

Chen Zhijin believes that blood donation can not only support the blood supply required for clinical medical treatment, but also encourage people to continue to take care of their own health. It deserves the government's evaluation and inclusion in future reward planning, taking into account voluntary and free blood donation, safety of blood donation, and appropriate blood donation intervals to prevent people from reluctantly donating blood for rewards.

Chen Zhijin emphasized that "blood donation is the best check for a healthy lifestyle." However, if you want to continue donating blood in the future, you must start cultivating good habits such as regular exercise, balanced diet, and adequate sleep from now on. Assessing blood pressure, hemoglobin, and health conditions before donating blood can also remind you to care about your physical condition. Chen Zhijin also reminded that meeting the conditions for blood donation does not mean that there is no disease at all, and blood donation cannot replace regular health check-ups.