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| Historical Roots│Mackay's Firsts│History Of Medical Care│Pastoral Care│ Medical Department│Nursing Department│Education &Research│Social Services│ Employee Servics│Future Development
Mackay Memorial Hospital is presently under the jurisdiction of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan. The hospital was established in memory of Dr. George Leslie Mackay who followed in the footsteps of his Master by coming to Taiwan with the message of salvation for all men. Even in those early days, Dr. Mackay was concerned with the total person and being able to minister to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of each patient. Dr. Mackay was born in Zola Village, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada on March 21, 1844. Even as a small child, he felt the call of Christ and wanted to become a missionary. Thus on March 9, 1872, the Canadian Presbyterian Church commissioned him to go to Taiwan as a medical missionary. In 1880, Dr. Mackay founded the Mackay Clinic in Tamshui, which was the first Western hosital in the northern part of Taiwan. It was here in the humble surroundings of Tamshui that Dr. Mackay treated many patients while at the same time proclaiming the good news of Christ. During his first twenty years in Taiwan, he received help from many foreign doctors. They treated patients suffering from a host of diseases such as malaria, which was a significant problem at that time. Besides treating patients, Dr. Mackay often preached and took teams of Taiwanese Christiand with him on his medical and evangelistic tours in northern Taiwan. With the Bible in one hand and forceps in the other, he often defied mountains, rivers and jungle overgrowth to do medical evangelism. Although practicing medicine and evangelizing Taiwan was very difficult work at that time, Dr. Mackay endured for over 30 years. During this time, he not only pulled over 20,000 teeth, but also proclaimed the Gospel to many different people around the island. In fact, he established more than 60 churches and baptized more than 4,000 believers. On June 2, 1901, Dr. George Leslie Mackay died of throat cancer in Tamshui. At that time, the work at the Tamshui clinic came to a halt.
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