Before the start of the "Healthy Taiwan In-depth Forum", Minister of Health and Welfare Shi Chongliang (from 3rd from left to right), Deputy Convener of the Planning Promotion Committee Chen Zhihong, Minister of Health and Welfare Qiu Taiyuan, etc., took a group photo with the intelligent robot "Rong Xiaobao" of Beirong Hsinchu Branch.
The Hsinchu Branch of Taipei Veterans General Hospital and the Ministry of Health and Welfare's "Healthy Taiwan Deepening Program" project office held the "Healthy Taiwan Deepening Forum" today. Hosted by Beirong Dean Chen Weiming, Chen Zhihong, deputy convener of the Presidential Office's Healthy Taiwan Promotion Committee, shared how to find a way to provide rural medical care under the theme of "Healthy Taiwan, walk the talk." Minister of Health and Welfare Shi Chongliang and former Minister Qiu Taiyuan were both present to learn more.
Chen Zhihong said that rural medical care is facing five major difficulties: insufficient manpower, medical gap, financial imbalance, service interruption, and the impact of the elderly. He proposed four major strategies of talent, quality, innovation, and finance to solve them.
Shi Chongliang said that the plan had just been launched for a year, and the then Minister of Health and Welfare Qiu Taiyuan was an important promoter. The direction of the Beirong Hsinchu Branch is in line with the national expectations. What is particularly bright is the regional integration and regional joint defense. It combines the grassroots clinics with other medical institutions. Everyone works together to create a classification and division of labor. Today, we will share it through a seminar to provide other medical units with a reference for learning.
Minister of Health and Welfare Shi Chongliang (2nd from right) attended the "Healthy Taiwan Deepening Forum" of the Hsinchu Branch of Pak Wing this afternoon and listened to the briefing and sharing by Chen Zhihong (middle), deputy convener of the Plan Promotion Committee.
Chen Zhihong said that the Healthy Taiwan Deepening Plan pursues medical equality, gathers the strength of the medical community, and builds a health protection network so that there will no longer be a health gap in rural areas. In 2025, there will be a total of 56,673 practicing doctors in the country, each serving a population of 411 people. In Taipei City, which has excess medical resources, each doctor serves 198 people; in Beipu Township and Xionglin Township, Hsinchu County, which lack medical resources, each doctor serves 8,289 and 10,193 people respectively.
As mentioned above, rural medical care is facing five major difficulties. He planned four major strategies for rural areas to retain doctors, with special emphasis on loosening the system and establishing a satellite care model for rural hospitals. And promote vertical integration and regional joint defense to ensure medical quality. Based on the concept of "three-track financial resources", it advocates that public tasks should be guaranteed by the public service budget, business operations should be funded by special funds for health insurance, and the total amount should be allocated as special funds. The last step is to inject financial resources into innovative research and development projects.
