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3-4 To serve their surrounding communities, Tzu Chi
hospitals frequently hold health-related talks for
What are the special features of Tzu Chi local residents. Yuli Tzu Chi Hospital even starts its
hospitals?
outpatient service at 6 a.m. to accommodate early-
Tzu Chi hospitals are not run for profit, so they treat rising farmers in town, while doctors from Guanshan
the poor, in Taiwan and from abroad alike, for free. Tzu Chi Hospital regularly go to the mountain areas
After these patients are discharged, if they live in to provide the indigenous people with medical care
Taiwan, the hospital staff will visit them at home for from door to door.
follow-up care and support. For those from abroad,
after they return to their countries, local Tzu Chi
volunteers will continue to care for them and arrange
further treatment at local hospitals if need be.

All year round, there are Tzu Chi volunteers serving
in the hospitals, caring for patients and their families
as well as serving as a bridge between the medical
staff and patients.

Twice a week, the medical staff from Guanshan Tzu Chi Hospital trav-
All year round, there el to the mountain areas to provide medical care to the indigenous
are volunteers serving people. (Yan Lin-zhao)
in Tzu Chi hospitals to
help care for patients 3-5
and their family mem-
bers. (Zeng Xiu-ying)
Does Tzu Chi have medical facilities in other
parts of the world?

Yes. Tzu Chi has set up hospitals, clinics, dialysis

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