Taiwan Blackfoot Disease Socio-Medical Service Memorial House

Coordinates: 23°16′10.4″N 120°07′25.5″E / 23.269556°N 120.123750°E / 23.269556; 120.123750

Taiwan Blackfoot Disease Socio-Medical Service Memorial House
台灣烏腳病醫療紀念館
General information
Type Former clinic
Location Beimen, Tainan, Taiwan
Opening September 2007
Website
www.blackfoot.org.tw

The Taiwan Blackfoot Disease Socio-Medical Service Memorial House (Chinese: 台灣烏腳病醫療紀念館; pinyin: Táiwān Wūjiǎobìng Yīliáo Jìniànguǎn) is a former clinic building in Yonglong Village, Beimen District, Tainan, Taiwan.

History

The memorial house used to be a clinic for Wang King-ho, a doctor who had fought against blackfoot disease for 25 years by offering free medical services to patients from Beimen and the surrounding regions. Tainan County Magistrate Su Huan-chih and Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Ye Tzer-shan then proposed for the reconstruction of the clinic into a memorial house to preserve the history of the disease in Taiwan. Construction began in November 2006 and ended in September 2007. After inauguration, the memorial house was taken over by the Wang King-ho Culture and Arts Foundation.[1]

Opening time

The memorial house is opened from Thursday to Sunday from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. free of charge.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "台灣烏腳病醫療紀念館-紀念館簡介".
  2. ↑ "台灣烏腳病醫療紀念館-紀念館簡介".
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