Introduction
Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (KCGH)
Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (KCGH) was established on New Year's Day, 1986. We have 2,639 beds and over 6,300 employees. As a medical center and teaching hospital, we are approved by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to have thirty-five clinical departments. We treat more than 7,500 outpatients and 330 emergency patients daily as well as teach and conduct valuable advanced medical research.
KCGH provides interdisciplinary patient-centered healthcare in a caring medical environment. We train healthcare professionals and undertake ground-breaking medical research, fostering talent and sharing resources in well-equipped facilities.
To give back to society, KCGH has extended medical services to rural areas, localizing healthcare there, and offers medical assistance and training internationally when needed. These contributions have a profound and long-lasting impact.
Medicine Without Boundaries
Our medical care without borders efforts have reached Vietnam, Palau, Nepal, Mongolia, the Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Guatemala, Fiji, and India. In September 2016, we launched the International Medical Service Center to promote communication and medical care deeply rooted in Taiwan while establishing a global presence.
Medical Services for Remote Areas
In 2009, we initiated the 'Improvement Plan for Areas with Insufficient Medical Resources.' We first provided medical services to eight villages in Kaohsiung's Jiaxian and Shanlin districts. In 2014, we expanded traditional Chinese medicine services to Jiaxian District. Starting in 2015, they were expanded to Pingtung County’s Wuluan, Kanding, and Jiuru townships.
Telemedicine for Remote Areas
In November 2018, we started providing telemedicine services for outpatient and emergency unit patients at 18 medical institutions in Taitung, Hualien, Pingtung, and Penghu, reducing their need to travel for advanced care.
Research and Development
Our hospital’s Medical Research and Development Department covers 13,689 square meters and housed our Institute of Biomedical Translational Research, Center for Shockwave Medicine and Tissue Regeneration, Mitochondrial Medicine Research Center, Genomics and Proteomics Core Laboratory, Animal Morphology Identification and Diagnostic Core Laboratory, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core Laboratory, Tissue Bank and Human Biobank, and Experimental Animal Center. Our outstanding research achievements include those in liver transplantation, neuroscience, shockwave medicine, mitochondrial medicine, translational medicine, precision medicine, and data science.
Advancing Towards Medical Excellence
Our hospital provides the people in Taiwan with the highest quality medical services. Our team is wholeheartedly dedicated to meeting our challenges, sometimes with outstanding results.
Emergency medical care
Our emergency department is the largest in southern Taiwan and serves as a backup command center for emergency medical response in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung region. We have a 24-hour Rapid Response Team (RRT) dedicated to managing and treating critically ill patients. In 2021, we won the National Healthcare Quality Award for being a “Center of Excellence.”
Pediatric Medical Center
Our center, a major hub for comprehensive pediatric medicine in southern Taiwan, has twelve pediatric subspecialties, including critical and complex case care. We receive many referrals.
Nursing Department
Chang Gung’s Nursing Department, sharing hospital’s values for ‘Continuous Innovation and Compassionate Care,’ cultivates outstanding nursing professionals through training and research ensuring they provide high-quality comprehensive holistic patient-centered care. We have received numerous awards for the quality of our care.
Yung-Ching Premier Cancer Therapy Center
In 2012, our hospital received approval from the Ministry of Health and Welfare to install the nation's second proton therapy machine to improve our treatment of various localized tumors, reduce side effects, improve survival rates, and help patients maintain better quality of life. Our center was officially opened in October 2018.
