*Introduction of En Chu Kong Hospital

Hsing-Tien Kong, the homeland of Taipei People’s soul (台北行天宮), its goal is to promote the world beyond, to work for the good of the good of this world, and from culture to education, to spread the seed of hope, has been spread throughout the society.
Under the concept of the Great Mercy of humanity, we are consistently seeking ways to take care of our children and the elders. And we believe that providing health care with patient-oriented and treat patients as our families is what we can do.
By 1990, the board of Hsing-Tien Temple officially consented to build up the En Chu Kong Hospital (恩主公醫院).
In order to pursuit the highest quality in medical service, to build a safe, human and warm environment, the hospital established a teaching cooperation with the full support of the National Taiwan University Hospital in 1996, laying a solid and developmental foundation.
With government help and under the expectation of the communities, En Chu Kong Hospital was inaugurated on March 3rd 1998. The Chairman of the board of directors ,Mr. Huang Chung-Chen (黃忠臣董事長) and the superintendent, Professor Chen Rong-Chi (院長陳榮基教授) lead the staff holding“ The Spirit of Love of En Chu Kong”in great respect to provide the best medical care services to the community. And the hospital endeavor to become a model of humanistic medical services.
The organization of the hospital includes: The Board which directs the operation of the hospital, The Superintendent, Vice-superintendent, followed by 4 major systems: medical, nursing, medical technician, and administration. There are also 16 functional committees which ensure operation continuity and quality improvements.
The hospital employs more than 960 staffs. There are 90 attending physicians and resident physicians. There are also 410 nurses、300 technicians、 160 administrative staffs. As for sanitation, delivery, and engineering, the managements are served by outside agents.
There are 312 acute beds, 48 chronic care beds and other special care units, adding to a total of 501 beds in the hospital.
To benefit our patients, the hospital installs medical equipments as advanced as medical center does, such as “Magnetic Resonance Image Scanner”, “Cardiac Catheterization ”, “ Electric Shockwave Lithotripsy ”.
Consisting of 9 sub-specialties of internal medicine and Pediatric, Family Medicine and Rehabilitation .
‧The Internal Medicine System‧
The Internal Medicine System provides professional medical technology using of modern and high-quality equipment and treatment. Such as cardiac catheterization, premature intensive care, Neurological intensive care, gastrointestinal bleeding & hepatic failure, emergent dialysis, chemotherapy and so on.
Several special programs are also organized to give comprehensive and multi-professional care for specific disease. For example, the Heart Care Network for coronary heart disease and the Early Intervention Working Team for children with developmental delay.
‧The Surgery System‧
The Surgery system consists of 5 sub-specialties of surgery plus Obstetrics/Gynecology , Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Dentistry, and Anesthesiology.
The Surgery System continuously explores and develops the latest medical technology, such as Reconstructive Microsurgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Flexible Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy , which are now with outstanding results.
Our hospital has ten operation rooms equipped with aseptic equipment, microscopes for operation, kaleidoscope TV system and facility, all kinds of endoscopes and ESWL. Cooperated with excellent anesthesiologists and nurses, we provide the best operation treatment and care.
In order to guarantee the quality of operations, we strongly stress pre-operation assessment and post-operation patient teaching. We also hold surgical committee conference and case conference on a regular basis.
‧The Emergency Service‧
Due to Geographically located right beside the Northern 2nd Freeway, the hospital focuses on developing into an emergency care center. There are always specialized professionals on duty and constant personnel training of emergency care. Incorporated with the trauma team, the hospital becomes one of the best Emergency Care Centers along the Northern 2nd Freeway.
In order to catch on patients’ clinical situation as soon as possible, the emergency room is equipped with exclusive X-ray machine and computed tomography. Therefore, the patients can be inspected at any time.
‧Department of Psychiatry ‧
The department teams up with psychiatrists, psychologist, occupational therapist, social workers and nurses to provide outpatient service, emergency consultation, day care and community service.
Day Care Unit provides patients a home-like setting, drug therapy, individual or group therapy. Through various programs, the professional team helps the patients to regain capability to cope with the society.
The Department also acts as the regional psychiatry center, which frequently holds professional consultation training programs and mental health lectures on campuses and also participates case consultation.
‧Department of Radiology ‧
The department has several advanced image scanners: such as essential X-ray machines, angiographies, CT Scan, Bone Densitometry, Mammography Image, and Magnetic Resonance Image.
To ensure the quality of service, professionals and specialists handle all examinations. 24-hour X-Ray exams and CT services are available.
‧ Department of Pathology and Laboratory ‧
This department has full range of sophisticated analysis facilities and outstanding experts. It provides accurate and rapid results of laboratory test to incorporate with medical diagnosis and treatment.
It's divided into seven divisions in order to provide accurate testing services: microscope﹑biochemistry﹑hematology、bacteria﹑immunology﹑blood bank and pathology, which is responsible for general tissue section, frozen section, anatomic pathology, and cytology.
Our hospital actively develop the complete computerization of laboratory test and provides outstanding services. The department also has multi-field teaching microscopic unit in order to build up a synchronized clinical laboratory teaching environment.
‧ Department of Pharmacy ‧
Pharmacists and assistant pharmacists are employed to be responsible for pharmaceutical affairs of the hospital.
This department is divided into five divisions to ensure the proper allocation, storage and supply of drugs: outpatient, in-patient, dispersion, drug consultation and drug management. It will ensure the quality of medication, to reach the expected outcome and the reasonable medical effect.
‧ Department of Nursing ‧
Department of Nursing is the largest department in the hospital. There are more than 400 nurses and administrative staffs. They take care the patients with empathy, professional skills and kindness, to raise the quality of total care.
Features of the department:
◆Standardization of Nursing Operation
◆ With the spirit of “ Total Care ”, nurse assistants provide patients with services such as sanitation of living environments, to lessen the burden of the patients’ families.
◆ Pre-admission service Center simplifies the process of admission. Discharge planning provides patients and their families with continuous care and proper referral.
◆ Actively promote “ Baby-Friendly “ and provide ” Room-In “ service to enhance the mother caring ability.
◆Hospice Care provides patients and their families with “ whole family, whole process “ care for the body, mind and soul.
Besides , the nursing department hold quality control circle activities to inspire colleagues’ creativity to improve the operating process, as a result of better nursing quality.
‧ Pursuit of Excellence ‧
The Medical Quality Review Committee has been established.
More than 60 clinical pathways have been developed since the opening of the hospital. A clinical path forum is called annually and the staffs participated enthusiastically.
Our hospital has started thorough quality control activities since 1999. Staff’s active participation is the source of improvements in the service quality of the hospital.
Dedicated personnel is standing by to handle patients’ feed back and to coordinate relevant departments for continuous improvement based on patients’ suggestions.
The hospital has diabetic classroom for the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
It also has epilepsy association, the association of renal diseases, breast cancer patients
and other related associations, so that patients can share their feelings and experience with each other and obtain mutual support.
‧ Community Services ‧
Ever since its establishment, the hospital took community service as its goal.
Our professional staff promote community health through all kinds of activities and medical services. The hospital also takes up the project of ‘San-Xia Health Community’ to continuously improve the health of the people in this region.
Lately the hospital aggressively incorporated with Hsing-Tien Temple on its programs of cultural, humanity, charity, and educations developments. Outreaching the community through launching different community activities such as free clinics, concerts, drama for remote elementary school and caring for the less privileged groups. The hospital also holds many art exhibitions and calligraphy gifts during Chinese New Year Festival, which makes the hospital an eager promoter of community health.
Volunteers are key driving power of this hospital in local medical services.They are available in every corner of the hospital every day. In emergency room、Service Counter、Ward and Supply Room, their kindness and love can be seen and felt.
‧Professional advancement‧
Aside from the daily morning meetings and clinical educational programs, the hospital runs forums and invites professional experts for speeches. There are also programs to encourage the doctors writing scientific thesis and going advanced study abroad.Our library provides our colleagues with convenient inquisition and search of professional information using the library information system. There are professional books and periodicals to enhance the professional knowledge of medical personnels.
In addition to active participation in regional medical cooperation with local colleges, universities and medical field, the hospital also provides training programs for the Viet Duc University Hospital of Hanoi Vietnam since 1999.
The initial goal is to establish a complete community health care center. Enrich emergency medical care, Trauma Care, Total Nursing care, Home Care for the purpose of implementing the hospital’s four major goals :
◆ HIGH STANDARD MEDICAL SERVICE
◆ WARM AND CARING NURSING SERVICE
◆ EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT
◆ COSY ENVIRONMENT
A new medical building is scheduled to be built, The medical building includes Early Intervention Center for developmental delay children, Doctor’s Research Rooms and Library.
In the future, the hospital will continue to implement the “ Continuous Health Care System “, such as the development of Heng-Shi branch for chronic care beds and long term care facilities etc.
The hospital follows Hsing-Tien Kong Temple’s 5 values:
◆RELIGION
◆CULTURE
◆EDUCATION
◆MEDICAL CARE
◆CHARITY
The hospital expects to provide people, in the region of San-Shia, In-Gao, Tu-Cheng, Su-Lin and along the Northern 2nd Freeway, a convenient and high quality medical service and become the best health care center in this region.
(copied from http://www.eck.org.tw/AboutUs_En.aspx 恩主公醫院醫療服務網)