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Quarter Century of Compassion
Medicine (1989-1997)
Tzu Chi in the USA
1989 – 2014
lab was ultimately combined with Tzu Chi’s bone
marrow donor registry in Taiwan, which is now the
world’s third largest such registry.
When Buddhist Tzu Chi Free Clinic first opened
its doors in 1993, the majority of patients seeking
treatment were of Chinese descent. Later, Hispanic
patients began to increase in percentage year after
year. In 1997, another Buddhist Tzu Chi Free Clinic
was established in Honolulu, Hawaii, to serve local
low-income patients without health insurance. With
this, Tzu Chi’s free clinic services took a great stride
forward toward accomplishing Tzu Chi’s medical
mission: providing compassionate medical care to
any patient in need of care, regardless of race,
nationality, or religion.
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