Lauded and thanked by those they had cured and helped, winners of the 12th Distinguished Medical Devotion Awards received recognition for their achievements yesterday.
The award ceremony, jointly sponsored by the Department of Health (DOH), the Health, Welfare and Environment Foundation (
Lee Ming-liang (
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
The founders of Taiwan's Camillian Organization (
Besides devoting themselves to medical services, the priests have also helped to build banks, roads, harbors and other infrastructure.
"We have always tried to treat our patients as wholeheartedly as a mother would treat her own sick child ?We never regard patients as customers because they are our kin," Father Felice Chech (
Chan Huo-shen (
Besides missionary doctors, winners also includes local doctors, midwives and public health workers who have continuously devoted themselves to the nation's health.
Doctor Chen Sung ?chiang (陳松江) has served people in Nan-tou County for over fifty years. Whether during typhoons or after earthquakes, he has always been on-duty.
"I cannot abandon my patients ? I want to live and die with the local residents," Chen said.
In remembrance of his beloved wife who had been a nurse and a midwife at his clinic, Chen wanted to share the award with her for her assistance in both work and home when he was fully occupied by his work.
This year's special recognition award was given to the late Wang Chin-mao (
Wang's success in the promoting the Doctor's Law (
Wang's son, Wang, Cheng-yi (
When President Chen Shui-bian received the recipients last Friday, he offered his respect and praised the winners for their accomplishments.
Chen said that the winners bear the true `Taiwan spirit' because they have done whatever they can to help and benefit others selflessly and contributed their expertise to enhancing people's health.
Other distinguished winners of the award are Billiet Maguerite(
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