Symbol
I would rather burn out than rust
The emblem of the hospital is made up of the "Red Cross" and the "Burn but don't burn" symbol, which represent medical treatment. The pattern of burning but not destroying comes from the Old Testament story that God used the sign of burning thorns in the wilderness but not destroying them to inspire Moses to accept God's call and fulfill his destiny of leading the people of Israel out of Egyptian slavery through hardship.

Missionl 
In the spirit of Jesus Christ's love for others and care for the underprivileged, we provide holistic healing for the body, mind, and spirit in order to fulfill the purpose of our medical mission.

Visionl  
To be the most trusted medical center for the underprivileged.
Become the Christian hospital with the most resources for medical missionary work in remote areas.
Become the hospital with the highest reputation for "quality of service".
Become a major biomedical research center.
Become the benchmark system for training in all grades of medicine and health care.

Core value
Honest and upright, humble and compassionate. Love others as ourselves and care for the disadvantaged. We would rather burn out than rust. Innovation and excellence, sustainable development. 

History

On March 9, 1872, Dr. MacKay landed from Tamshui, and started his medical career immediately; on June 1, he started to treat people in his apartment; on March 15, 1879, Dr. MacKay purchased the land for the hospital, and in the following year (1880), he used a donation of $3,000 from the widow of Captain MacKay in the United States in memory of her husband to build the hospital, which was the first Western-style hospital in northern Taiwan. This was the first Western-style hospital in northern Taiwan. This was the first Western-style hospital in northern Taiwan. The hospital was built to benefit the people of Taiwan, and the building is still intact today.
On August 5, 1884, the Sino-French War broke out and the French army shelled Keelung harbor, and on October 1, the French fleet shelled Tamshui harbor, killing and injuring many people and soldiers. In this dangerous situation, Dr. MacKay took in many wounded soldiers at the MacKay Medical Center, which was the first time in Taiwan that the Red Cross-like relief work was started. This small Christian hospital continued its work for about twenty years until it was temporarily closed when Dr. MacKay died on June 2, 1901.
On November 3, 1905, Dr. and Rev. J. Y. Ferguson arrived in Tamshui, and the following year (1906), after a five-year hiatus, Dr. Soong resumed his medical missionary work. The reputation of the clinic gradually spread to every corner, and patients from all over the world were eager to come to this Western-style hospital for treatment. In response to practical needs, Dr. Song and missionary Pastor William Wu actively planned the future development of the hospital.
In the fall of 1911, Dr. Song proposed to move the medical center from Tamshui to Taipei (the current location of the main hospital on Zhongshan North Road), and named the hospital "MacKay Memorial Hospital" to commemorate Dr. MacKay's great deeds and his missionary work. In the same year, Miss Isabel Elliot came to Taiwan and immediately established the nursing department as the head nurse and opened the Nursing Women's School to train nurses. Most of the earliest nurses in northern Taiwan were trained during this period.
The expansion of the Ma Kai Memorial Hospital on Zhongshan North Road in Taipei was completed on December 26, 1912, with Dr. Jacob Song as its first director.
In June 1918, the hospital was closed due to the shortage of medicine and medical staff as a result of the World War. In 1924, Dr. and Mrs. G. Taylor resumed their medical practice. Many of the patients who sought treatment at that time were lepers. The suffering of these patients aroused Dr. Dai's attention and concern, so he started to set up a baldness hospital in Bari. Due to opposition from local officials, Dr. Dai was coerced into hiding in the mountains. Fortunately, under the guidance of God, "Leshan Garden" was successfully completed on April 30, 1934, and the hospital was opened at the same time.
After the war, the hospital received the United Nations Committee for the Reconstruction of Relief. Direct and indirect assistance from the Red Cross and CARE Canada, etc. In August 1946, the hospital was reopened with Dr. Darcy Lee as its director, and once again took on the mission of medical care, fulfilling the duties of a church hospital, actively caring for the medical needs of the underprivileged, and going "where there is a need, go there".
In 1953, the center provided free eye treatment for children with trachoma; in 1955, it allocated beds for the poor to receive the sick; in 1961, it conducted medical tours in slums to help poor patients to receive medical treatment; on February 16, 1966, it opened the first "Pediatric Polio Reconstruction Center" in Taiwan, which has a special bus to transport pediatric polio patients to the streets and alleys every day. At a time when Taiwan's medical insurance system was not yet complete, the services provided by the center not only shared the burden of many families and warmed the hearts of many parents, but also gave the young patients confidence and hope for their future.
In 1969, while the hospital was still struggling to make ends meet with loans, it still did its part to provide medical care in remote mountain areas by touring 17 aboriginal tribes in Taiping Mountain. In order to help the tribes deal with medical emergencies, the hospital selected one male and one female from each village to be sent back to the hospital for training. The men were given first aid courses and the women were given midwifery skills. Upon completion of their training, the hospital provided them with medical supplies so that they could return to their tribes and respond to emergencies. On July 15, 1979, a serious gas explosion occurred on Fuyuan Street in Taipei City. The gas explosion was so powerful that residents at the scene suffered heavy casualties and most of the survivors suffered severe burns all over their bodies. Some of the patients were so badly burned and in such critical condition that many hospitals refused to admit them and transferred them to our hospital. Many of the family members, fearing that they would still be refused, knelt down and begged as soon as they entered the hospital. At that time, the staff of MacKay adhered to the spirit of "loving others as ourselves" and provided emergency treatment regardless of the severity of the injuries. Although many patients died, the enthusiasm of the MacKay people was greatly appreciated by the families and the public.
In 1990, a hospice ward was established and the concept of improving the quality of life of terminal cancer patients and their families was promoted.；In 1996, he started the Little Golden Gate Medical Tour. In 1998, the Taitung Campus implemented the "Lan-Green Project" and made regular monthly visits to Orchid Island and Green Island to serve fellow aborigines；Since July 2000, the hospital has been providing medical tour services to different aboriginal tribes twice a month, and since May 2001, in order to expand the services to the aboriginal tribes, the hospital has started to provide resident medical services in Jianshi Township. In other words, a family medicine physician and two nursing staff are stationed on the mountain every Monday through Friday, providing morning, afternoon, and evening clinics for the indigenous community to improve the plight of the local residents who have to walk long distances down the mountain to see a doctor.