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Taiwan (2025-6-13):
The peak of the COVID-19
outbreak has passed. The CDC said that the epidemic will
continue until early August.
聯合報 (United Daily 2025-6-3):
Epidemic threat has increased sharply。The
gov. estimated that nearly 1.8 million people will be CovID confirmed from end
of May till early August. CovID cases could peak around end of Jun or
early July; The Antiviral Paxlovid drug and rapid test kit are out of
stock or late arrangement; the bigger concern will be medical capacity - crowded
emergency room and medical staffs collapse?
《Focus
Taiwan》,
Anadolu Agency (2025-5-13):
COVID-19 cases surge across Taiwan,
with nearly 10,000 seeking medical care;
Peak of this year's COVID-19
outbreak is expected to occur in June, says Taiwan's
Centers for Disease Control
aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/covid-19-cases-surge-across-taiwan-with-nearly-10-000-seeking-medical-care/3566024
n Taiwan ranks No.208 in "World's Best Hospitals" ranking list (Feb. 27, 2025) by Newsweek
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World's Best Hospitals 2025 |
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| world rank | hospital | country |
| 8 | Sheba Medical center | Israel |
| 9 | Singapore General Hospital | Singapore |
| 16 | The Univ. of Tokyo Hospital | Japan |
| 25 | Asan Medical center | S. Korea |
| 30 | Samsung Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 36 | St. Luke's Int'l Hospital | Japan |
| 42 | Seoul National Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 46 | Severance Hospital Yonsei Univ. | S. Korea |
| 58 | Kameda Medical Center | Japan |
| 60 | Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical center | Israel |
| 62 | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | Australia |
| 68 | Seoul National Univ. - Bundang Hospital | S. Korea |
| 80 | National Univ. Hospital | Singapore |
| 81 | Kyushu Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 87 | Gangnam Severance Hospital - Yonsei Univ. | S. Korea |
| 91 | Nagoya Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 94 | The Alfred | Australia |
| 96 | Royal Melbourne Hospital Parkville | Australia |
| 97 | All India Institute of Medical Science Delhi | India |
| 98 | Keio Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 100 | Bumrungrad Int'l Hospital | Thailand |
| 101 | Tan Tock Seng Hospital | Singapore |
| 102 | Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health & medicine | Japan |
| 103 | Ajou Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 108 | The Catholic Univ. Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital | S. Korea |
| 111 | Mount Elizabeth - Orchard | Singapore |
| 112 | Kyoto Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 122 | Rabin Medical Center | Israel |
| 138 | Changi General (CGH) | Singapore |
| 139 | Inha Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 146 | Medanta The Medicity | India |
| 151 | St Vincent's Hospital Fitzroy | Australia |
| 155 | Toranomon Hospital | Japan |
| 159 | Royal North Shore Hospital | Australia |
| 166 | Osaka Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 171 | KyungHee Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 172 | Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi | UAE |
| 174 | Kangbuk Samsung Hospital | S. Korea |
| 176 | Konkuk Univ. Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 181 | Korea Univ. Anam Hospital | S. Korea |
| 185 | Hokkaido Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 190 | Juntendo Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 193 | Sunway Medical Center | Malaysia |
| 197 | The Cathilic Univ. Korea Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital | S. Korea |
| 200 | Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | Australia |
| 201 | Kurashiki Central Hospital | Japan |
| 204 | Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| 205 | Japanese Red Cross Medical center | Japan |
| 207 | Chung-Ang Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 208 | Taipei Veterans General 台北榮總 | Taiwan 台灣 |
| 209 | King Faisal Specialist Hospital (KFSH&RC) | Saudi Arabia |
| 216 | Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital | Japan |
| 223 | Ewha Womans Univ. Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 228 | PGIMER - Postgraduate Institute Medical Education and Research | India |
| 242 | Hadassah University Hospital - Ein Kerem | Israel |
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ranking lists the best hospitals in 30 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries were selected based on multiple comparability factors, such as standard of living, life expectancy, population size, number of hospitals and data availability. Scores were calculated for each hospital in each of the four categories and weighted: Peer recommendations (35 percent national, 5 percent international), patient experience (17.5 percent), hospital quality metrics (37.5 percent), PROMs implementation (5 percent). Every hospital in each country is rated with a score. Scores are comparable only between hospitals in the same country because different sources for patient experience and medical key performance indicators were examined in each country. Since it is not possible to harmonize this data, cross-country comparisons of the scores are not possible (a score of 90 in country A doesn't necessarily mean that this hospital is better than a hospital with a score of 87 in country B).
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n Taiwan ranks No.10 out of 11 Asian countries in "World's Best Hospitals" ranking list (Feb. 27, 2025) by Newsweek
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| Country/Ranks | No.1~100 | No.101~200 | No.201~250 | Total |
| Japan | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| S. Korea | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Singapore | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| India | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | ||
| UAE | 1 | 1 | ||
| Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Taiwan 台灣 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 21 | 24 | 10 | 55 |
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China, HK not included
in survey in total, 11 Asian countries are under survey |
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n Taiwan's top 25 hospitals in "World's Best Hospitals" ranking list (Feb. 27, 2025) by Newsweek
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Newsweek 2025
top 25 Taiwan hospitals |
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rank |
hospitals |
2024 score |
2025 score |
| 1 | Taipei Veterans General Hospital | 93.4% | 92.99% |
| 2 | NTU Hospital | 93.28 | 92.51% |
| 3 | Kaoshiung Chang Gung Mem | 83.11 | 90.54 |
| 4 | Linkou Chang Gung Mem. | 84.32 | 89.72 |
| 5 | Taichung Veterans General | 83.91 | 89.43 |
| 6 | China Medical Univ. Hospital | 82.55 | 85.22 |
| 7 | National Cheng Kung Univ. Hospital | 81.20 | 84.13 |
| 8 | Kaohsiung Medical Univ. Chung-Ho Mem. Hospital | 78.81 | 82.18 |
| 9 | Mackay Mem. Hospital | 81.30 | 80.99 |
| 10 | Taoyuan Chang Gung Mem. Hospital | 78.78 | 80.25 |
| 11 | Cathay General Hospital | 77.69 | 78.56 |
| 12 | Hualin Tzu Chi General Hospital | 77.10 | 77.64 |
| 13 | Taipei Tzu Chi General Hospital - New Tpe | 78.10 | 77.57 |
| 14 | Taipei Chang Gung Mem. Hospital | 77.90 | 77.54 |
| 15 | NTU Hospital Yunlin | 75.94 | 77.45 |
| 16 | Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital | 77.33 | 77.34 |
| 17 | China Medical Univ. Beigang Hospital | 76.86 | 74.69 |
| 18 | Chi Mei Medical Center - Tainan | 73.69 | 74.39 |
| 19 | Taipei Medical Univ. Hospital | 76.5 | 74.35 |
| 20 | Cathay General Hospital, Hsinchu | 73.51 | 74.09 |
| 21 | Far Eastern Mem. Hospital | 75.61 | 73.87 |
| 22 | Sijhih Cathay General Hospital | 73.43 | |
| 23 | Chung Shan Medical Univ. Hospital - Taichung | 75.30 | 73.40 |
| 24 | YunLin Chang Gung Mem. Hospital | 73.23 | |
| 25 | Tri-Service General Hospital- Songshan | 74.10 | 73.14 |
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Income of Taiwan's physicians and nursing staff |
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| United Daily (聯合報), 2025-3-5 | NTUH union (台大醫院企業工會秘書長) says the resident Doctors at National Taiwan University Hospital and other public hospitals are paid low, with a fixed salary of only about NT$ 50,000, it may up to only NT$ 60,000 to 80,000 after adding various bonuses. Analyzing the fixed salary and working hours of resident Doctors at NTUH, the converted hourly salary is only more than NT$ 200 (about USD 7); NTUH (台大醫院醫務秘書) says that the fixed salary of a resident Doctor, before deducting labor and health insurance, is about NT$ 70,000. If MDs on duty normally ( in average eight shifts per month), the monthly income ( including bonuses and points of working-years accumulated ) will not be NT$ 80,000 or more.udn.com/news/story/124393/8586216?from=udn_ch2cate6638sub124393_pulldownmenu_v2 |
| United Daily (聯合報), 2025-3-5 | According to data from the Ministry of Labor, the average monthly regular salary of nursing staff is about NT$ 47,716, which is the average regular salary(經常性月薪平均), but it is not the basic salary(本薪). Fixed allowances and bonuses paid on a monthly basis, as well as hazard pay, transportation expenses, meal expenses, utility bills, attendance bonuses vary from hospital to hospital.(按月給付的固定津貼、獎金，以及危險津貼、交通費、膳食費、水電費、全勤獎金等。各醫院不盡相同)udn.com/news/story/124393/8587820?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2 |
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Emergency room and ICU serious congestion |
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| United Daily (聯合報), 2025-3-2 | The vice-president of National Taiwan University Hospital said that it is "really difficult" to recruit emergency resident-Doctors recently. In the past, each emergency attending physician cared for an average of 20 to 30 patients, but now to take care of more than 30~40 patients. Not only the departments of emergency but pediatrics are facing difficulties. |
| United Daily (聯合報), 2025-2-24 |
It's been a long time that
Taiwan lacks of
nursing manpower. In the past ten
years, the national nursing manpower has had an average annual net
increase of 5,000 people, but in recent years, only
2,500 people. therefore, we have to rely on senior nurses. Nursing staff's high turnover rate
is caused by salary remuneration, work pressure,
workplace environment, insufficient manpower allocation, and that labor
effort is not proportional to the income.
The measures proposed by the
government, such as night shift allowances and adjustments to the
nurse-to-patient ratio, are mostly mere formalities. Old salary structure
certainly lead to a
continued collapse in medical capacity and a significant
reduction in the quality of medical care.
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| Yahoo Taiwan, 2025-2-26 | By the end of 2024, the number of registered nurses in Taiwan is more than 193,000. The total turnover rate of hospital nursing staff is nearly 13%, and the total vacancy rate is about 6%. The largest proportion of nurses practice is in clinics, 2nd is long-term care institutions. The reason resulting in a shortage of manpower in many hospital emergency rooms is that (1) labor-intensive medical environment (2) low-paid. tw.news.yahoo.com/護理人力短缺-病床關閉加劇急診壅塞-恐-全盤皆輸-032840460.html |
| United Daily (聯合報), 2025-2-27 | NTU professor 陳秀熙 says: Taiwan's budget for medical resource is insufficient, and the design of the health insurance system does not take into account the huge medical needs of the post-war baby boomers. The number of cancer and chronic diseases has been more than double or triple, and the demand for hospitalization is a all-time high |
| China Times (中時), 2025-2-24 | The root cause of emergency room congestion lies in the structural problems of the medical system and the government's neglect and inaction to medical needs. |
| SET TV News (三立新聞), 2025-2-25 | Emergency room congestion! However, Taiwan's ICU bed-to-population ratio is "global No.1" ─ Taiwan 31, Germany 29.2, Argentina 25.8, the United States 25.8, Austria 21.8; The issue is that the hospital bed scheduling mechanism (調床機制) exists in name only, and the resignation of nurses is in serious situation ─ higher salary could improve the situation. video: 急診壅塞! 前線人員壓力大 重症患者等嘸病床! |
| TTV news (台視新聞), 2025-2-25 |
video:
The medical government's proposals to solve the issue were bashing "difficult to implement! " by the medical circle, because the core problem is insufficient medical manpower and no beds available. Providing with financial incentives is one of right ways. |
| UDN (聯合報), 2025-2-25 |
The
fundamental reasons for the shortage of hospital beds are insufficient nurse manpower and
low health insurance points (健保點數); "hierarchical
medical care system "
(「分級醫療」) has never been implemented
- which results in overcrowded emergency rooms . Besides, the government has always
been slow to respond the call for adjustment of health insurance
benefits for acute and severe cases (健保給付調整急重症給付). More than 70% of large hospital emergency-room patients are not urgent cases and should be transfered to regional level hospitals. However, many people prefer medical centers and famous Doctors. It is necessary for the government to formulate compulsory measures. |
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♦ The
Superintendent
of the National Taiwan Univ. Hospital (台大醫院),
Ming-Shiang Wu, M.D., PhD,
said:
"Health insurance has changed Taiwan's
medical ecology and the unreasonable payment system results in young MDs being
reluctant to join the front line"; In comparison with the front line's
long working hours, high pressure, low wages, resource shortages and the
risk of social incomprehension and medical disputes...
,
self-pay
medical treatments
fields like
aesthetic medicine
are more attractive to young Doctors.
ref. to The Liberty Times (2025-2-8) talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/1690637;
TTV News (2025-2-8)
臺大醫院長：健保給付錯置
♦ United Daily (2025-2-11 聯合報): The share of Taiwan's GDP spent on medical is equivalent to the position third or 4th to last in OECD countries udn.com/news/story/7339/8539874?from=udn_ch2cate6643sub7339_pulldownmenu_v2
Taiwan ranks No.99 in 2025's Best Smart hospital list by Newsweek, Statista
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World's Best
Smart Hospitals 2025 |
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| world rank | hospital | country |
| 10 | Sheba Medical center | Israel |
| 18 | Samsung Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 22 | Singapore General Hospital | Singapore |
| 23 | The Univ. of Tokyo Hospital | Japan |
| 30 | Tan Tock Seng Hospital | Singapore |
| 39 | Fortis Memorial Research Institute | India |
| 45 | Gleneagles Hospital | Singapore |
| 57 | Kyoto Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 60 | Seoul National Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 65 | Asan Medical center | S. Korea |
| 77 | National Univ. Hospital | Singapore |
| 85 | Keio University Hospital | Japan |
| 94 | Wooridul Spine Hospital | S. Korea |
| 96 | Seoul National University - Bundang Hospital | S. Korea |
| 98 | Ajou University Hospital | S. Korea |
| 99 | Taichung Veterans General Hospital | Taiwan |
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pic. : This websites group was ranked No.1 "medical Doctors in Taiwan" on Yandex of Russia at 2025-6-3, 2025-2-8, 2024-12-24, 2024-1-16, 2024-1-1, 2023-10-5, 2023-8-25, 2023-8-8, 2023-6-24, 2022-1-24, 2021-12-31, 2021-11-11, 2021-10-28, 2021-10-15, 2021-7-18, 2021-7-11, 2021-6-29, 2021-6-16; No.2 at 2024-8-8, 2023-11-13, 2022-3-12, 2022-2-17; No.2 "medical Doctors in Taiwan" on Yandex, 2024-5-2
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n comparison among main countries in Asia
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World's Best
Smart Hospitals 2025 |
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Asia's rank |
country |
total number of top 100 hospitals |
| 1 | S. Korea | 6 (No. 18, 60, 65, 94, 96,98) |
| 2 | Singapore | 4 (No.22, 30, 45, 77) |
| 3 | Japan | 3 (No. 23, 57, 85) |
| 4 | Israel | 1 (No.10) |
| 5 | India | 1 (No. 39) |
| 6 | Taiwan | 1 (No.99) |
| ps: survey-studies not including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, etc | ||
n Taiwan's hospitals enter top 350
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World's Best Smart Hospitals 2025 by Newsweek |
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| 臺中榮總 | Taichung Veterans General Hospital |
| 中國醫大醫院 | China Medical Univ. Hospital |
| 高雄長庚 | Kaohsiung Chang Gung Mem. Hospital |
| 高雄榮總 | Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital |
| 林口長庚 | Linkou Chang Gung Mem. Hospital |
| 成大醫院 | National Cheng Kung Univ. Hospital |
| 台大醫院 | National Taiwan Univ. Hospital |
| 臺北榮總 | Taipei Veterans General Hospital |
Taiwan's physicians and healthcare system
♦
Statista (2024-9-26):
As of the end of 2023, there were about
54,016 physicians registered in Taiwan.
♦
Google AI Overview:
larger hospitals can be
overcrowded and charge higher co-payments.
Resident physicians in Taiwan earn a salary of NT$65,798 to $78,490 in their
first five years of service.
Physicians in Taiwan can work long
hours to retain patients. To
increase their income, some physicians develop procedural skills like minor
cosmetic surgery or platelet rich plasma injection, which are not covered by
insurance.
♦ Council on Foreign Relations, 2024-2-27: Taiwan's healthcare system, despite its affordability and accessibility, is financially unsustainable, further exacerbated by a rapidly aging population. The three parties will need to agree on how to secure the necessary financial and labor resources.
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pic. : This websites group was ranked No.1 on Yandex by keyword "physicians in Taiwan" at 2025-6-3, 2025-2-8, 2024-12-24, 2024-8-8, 2024-2-28, 2024-1-16, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-13, 2023-10-5, 2023-8-25, 2023-8-8, 2023-6-24, 2023-5-1, 2023-3-26, 2023-3-17, 2022-6-30, 2022-6-12, 2022-5-27, 2022-4-22, 2022-3-11, 2022-2-16, 2022-1-23, 2021-12-30, 2021-11-12, 2021-10-27, 2021-10-14, 2021-9-29, 2021-9-6, 2021-8-20, 2021-8-7, 2021-7-18, 2021-7-11, 2021-6-29
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Taiwan's best hospital ranks
No.218 in 2024 Newsweek
"World's Best Hospitals"
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World's Best Hospitals 2024 |
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| world rank | hospital | country |
| 9 | Sheba Medical center | Israel |
| 11 | Singapore General Hospital | Singapore |
| 18 | The Univ. of Tokyo Hospital | Japan |
| 22 | Asan Medical center | S. Korea |
| 24 | St. Luke's Int'l Hospital | Japan |
| 34 | Samsung Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 40 | Severance Hospital Yonsei Univ. | S. Korea |
| 43 | Seoul National Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 45 | Kameda Medical Center | Japan |
| 56 | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | Australia |
| 64 | Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical center | Israel |
| 69 | Kyushu Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 79 | National Univ. Hospital | Singapore |
| 81 | Seoul National Univ. - Bundang Hospital | S. Korea |
| 86 | Nagoya Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 88 | Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health & medicine | Japan |
| 94 | Gangnam Severance Hospital - Yonsei Univ. | S. Korea |
| 96 | Kyoto Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 97 | The Alfred | Australia |
| 102 | Royal Melbourne Hospital Parkville | Australia |
| 104 | The Catholic Univ. Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital | S. Korea |
| 110 | Tan Tock Seng Hospital | Singapore |
| 111 | Keio Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 113 | All India Institute of Medical Science Delhi | India |
| 116 | Mount Elizabeth - Orchard | Singapore |
| 120 | Ajou Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 130 | Bumrungrad Int'l Hospital | Thailand |
| 134 | Royal North Shore Hospital | Australia |
| 148 | Inha Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 152 | Kangnuk Samsung Hospital | S. Korea |
| 156 | Changi General (CGH) | Singapore |
| 158 | Rabin Medical Center | Israel |
| 160 | Korea Univ. Anam Hospital | S. Korea |
| 166 | Medanta The Medicity | India |
| 167 | Gleneagles Hospital | Singapore |
| 168 | Toranomon Hospital | Japan |
| 170 | The Cathilic Univ. Korea Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital | S. Korea |
| 172 | Osaka Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 177 | Kurashiki Central Hospital | Japan |
| 186 | Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi | UAE |
| 188 | Juntendo Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 189 | St Vincent's Hospital Fitzroy | Australia |
| 201 | Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | Australia |
| 206 | Hokkaido Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 208 | KyungHee Univ. Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 212 | Japanese Red Cross Medical center | Japan |
| 214 | Chung-Ang Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 218 | Taipei Veterans General 台北榮總 | Taiwan 台灣 |
| 222 | Konkuk Univ. Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 223 | Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| 224 | Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital | Japan |
| 225 | Ewha Womans Univ. Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 229 | King Faisal Specialist Hospital (KFSH&RC) | Saudi Arabia |
| 233 | Sunway Medical Center | Malaysia |
| 235 | Daegu Catholic Univ. Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 246 | PGIMER - Postgraduate Institute Medical Education and Research | India |
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pic. : No.1 "physicians in Taiwan" on US Google at 2024-2-28, 2024-1-16, 2024-1-1, 2023-11-11, 2023-10-5, 2023-8-25, 2023-8-8, 2023-6-24, 2022-9-19, 2022-7-1, 2022-6-13, 2022-5-28, 2022-4-23, 2022-3-12, 2022-2-17, 2022-1-24, 2021-12-31, 2021-11-11, 2021-10-15, 2021-9-30, 2021-9-6, 2021-8-30, 2021-8-20, 2021-8-14, 2021-8-8, 2021-7-31, 2021-7-23, 2021-7-18, 2021-7-11, 2021-6-29, 2021-6-24, 2021-6-4, 2021-4-28, 2021-4-23, 2021-4-18, 2021-4-10, 2-14-2021, 3-8-2021; No.2 "physicians in Taiwan" on US Google, 2024-8-8, 2023-3-26, 2021-10-28 ; among top ranks at 2023-1-1
pic. : No.1 "physicians in Taiwan" on Microsoft Bing , 2024-5-2, 2023-11-13, 2023-10-5, 2023-5-1, 2023-1-1, 2022-7-21, 2022-7-1, 2022-4-23, 2022-3-12, 2022-2-17, 2022-1-24, 2021-12-31, 2021-11-11, 2021-9-6, 2021-8-20, 2021-8-7, 2021-7-18, 2021-7-11, 2021-6-29, 2021-6-24, 2021-5-31, 2021-5-25, 2021-4-27, 2021-4-10, 3-10-2021, 2-12-2021 ; No.2 at 2024-8-8
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top 25 Taiwan hospitals |
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hospitals |
2024 score |
2023 score, rank |
| 1 | Taipei Veterans General Hospital台北榮總 | 93.4% | 97.05, No.2 |
| 2 | NTU Hospital台大醫院 | 93.28 | 97.2%, No.1 |
| 3 | Linkou Chang Gung Mem. 林口長庚 | 84.32 | 82.36, No.6 |
| 4 | Taichung Veterans General 台中榮總 | 83.91 | 80.44, No.8 |
| 5 | Kaoshiung Chang Gung Mem 高雄長庚 | 83.11 | 88.64 |
| 6 | China Medical Univ. Hospital中國醫藥大學醫院 | 82.55 | 82.58 |
| 7 | Mackay Mem. Hospital馬偕 | 81.30 | 78.62 |
| 8 | National Cheng Kung Univ. Hospital成大 | 81.20 | 82.72 |
| 9 | Kaohsiung Medical Univ. Chung-Ho Mem. Hospital高雄醫大 | 78.81 | 76.30, No.16 |
| 10 | Taoyuan Chang Gung Mem. Hospital | 78.78 | 77.95 |
| 11 | Taipei Tzu Chi General Hospital - New Tpe新北慈濟 | 78.10 | 77.60 |
| 12 | Taipei Chang Gung Mem. Hospital桃園長庚 | 77.90 | 80.76, No.7 |
| 13 | Cathay General Hospital國泰醫院 | 77.69 | 79.16 |
| 14 | Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital高雄榮總 | 77.33 | 78.97 |
| 15 | Hualin Tzu Chi General Hospital花蓮慈濟 | 77.10 | 74.99, No.19 |
| 16 | China Medical Univ. Beigang Hospital中國醫大北港分院 | 76.86 | not top 20 |
| 17 | Taipei Medical Univ. Hospital台北醫大 | 76.5 | not top 20 |
| 18 | NTU Hospital Yunlin台大雲林分院 | 75.94 | not top 20 |
| 19 | Far Eastern Mem. Hospital遠東 | 75.61 | not top 20 |
| 20 | Chung Shan Medical Univ. Hospital - Taichung中山醫大 | 75.30 | 75.58 |
| 21 | Tri-Service General Hospital- Songshan三軍總醫 | 74.10 | 78.25, No.12 |
| 22 | Taipei Municipal Wangfang Hospital萬芳 | 73.84 | not top 20 |
| 23 | Chi Mei Medical Center - Tainan奇美 | 73.69 | 76.61, No.15 |
| 24 | Cathay General Hospital, Sijhih國泰 分院 | 73.51 | not top 20 |
| 25 | Cathay General Hospital, Hsinchu國泰新竹 | 73.11 | not top 20 |
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World's Best Hospitals 2024 by Newsweek comparison among Asian countries |
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| Country/Ranks | No.1~100 | No.101~200 | No.201~250 | Total |
| Japan | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| S. Korea | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| Israel | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Singapore | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Australia | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| India | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | ||
| UAE | 1 | 1 | ||
| Malaysia | 2 | 2 | ||
| Taiwan 台灣 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 19 | 24 | 13 | 56 |
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China, HK not included
in survey 11 hospitals in Asia & Pacific were under survey |
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News
♦The China Times, CTV news, 2024-9-21:
Many Taiwanese people petitioned for not having hospital beds; Taipei city
councilor found many hospitals have beds, but lack of nursing staffs to take
care of more patients. msn.com/zh-tw/health/other/醫院有床卻沒有護理師-北市聯醫人力短缺病患苦等無解/ar-AA1qVeyq
♦
China Times, 2024-6-26:
Many medical
institutions in Taiwan have a long-standing problem of lacking nursing staffs.
From the second half of last year, major hospitals had to close some beds to
cope with the situation; A widely-known nursing home in northern Taiwan
closed 50 beds, besides, there are issues of medical saline shortage.
As CovID returns in Taiwan, our government reacts
slowly and even is not willing to admit the issue - lacking of medical
staffs and resources.
chinatimes.com/opinion/20240626004474-262101?chdtv
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♦ China Times, 2024-7-19: The government does not dare to raise premiums to avoid losing the elections. Since benefits for drug-prices are cut almost every year, hospitals refuse to import higher-priced brand drugs, instead, generic drugs that are less effective. Due to global budget payment system, the more patients Doctors see, the more financial losses the hospital will suffer. Now all hospitals are faced with the problem of lacking of MDs in Internal medicine, Surgery, Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Emergency departments. Medical students with good grades usually go to fields like Dermatology, medical Cosmetology, and Ophthalmology, which are high-paying and easy-going .
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♦ United Daily (聯合報), 2024-8-23: Professor of National Chung-Cheng University: Professional arrogance may ignore patients' symptoms and lead to misdiagnosis / one of my friends described chest pain symptoms to the MD many times, but the Doctor simply attributed it to anxiety and did not conduct further examination; until she passed out one day and found Severe aortic stenosis causes arrhythmia (重度主動脈狹窄引發心律不整)。another one suffering from headaches and blurred vision for a long time have attended MD many times. Doctors mostly insisted that it was stress and did not recommend further examination; until one day she passed out and was diagnosed with brain tumor. Be brave enough to Actively ask questions and defend your right. |
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FTV News (民視新聞), 2024-8-25:
According
to the Ministry of Labor (2022),
the average monthly salary of Taiwan's physicians is NT 156,178 (about USD
5200); the average annual salary of physicians is NT 2,320,000
youtube.com/watch?v=_TFLw15CS9c
TTV News (台視新聞), 2024-5-16:
the monthly salary of many young attending physicians is about NT 100,000
youtube.com/watch?v=aokjvVAZ0kc |
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♦ United Daily (聯合報), 2024-7-11: Due to the shortage of nursing manpower and the escalation of the COVID-19 epidemic, emergency rooms in major hospitals continued to be overcrowded this summer. Some patient had to sit in wheelchairs and receive rectified electric shocks to save his life. udn.com/news/story/7266/8087156
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♦ The Liberty Times (自由時報), 2024-7-13: The Department of Pediatrics at National Taiwan University wanted to recruit 13 resident physicians this year, but only six were recruited. The attending physician therefore has to be on duty at the front line in person. This way going for a long time, the attending physician is also calling for resignation. Pediatrics physicians usually spend more time and efforts on treating children, but have same health insurance benefits as other physicians.◆talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/1656242
♦ United Daily (2024-6-5): Don't let patients become lambs to be slaughtered !!
At present, cell therapy and regenerative medicine are very Chaotic, and there is a disparity in medical information between doctors and patients. The government (Ministry of Health and Welfare) cannot shift the blame for failing to fulfill its responsibility for patient care. Regenerative medicine may become the most expensive and ineffective medical treatment in the history of Taiwan medicine udn.com/news/story/11674/8010191?from=udn_ch2cate6638sub11674_pulldownmenu_v2
Taiwan
ranks No. 249 in World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek and Statista in 2023
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World's Best Hospitals 2023 |
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Asia's rank |
country |
total number of top 250 hospitals |
| 1 | Japan | 18 |
| 2 | S. Korea | 18 |
| 3 | Australia | 7 |
| 4 | Singapore | 5 |
| 5 | Israel | 3 |
| 6 | India | 3 |
| 7 | Thailand | 1 |
| 8 | UAE | 1 |
| 9 | Taiwan | 1 |
| Asia's China, etc are not included in survey list - 28 countries | ||
| Taiwan's NTU Hospital ranks world No. 249, behind selected hospitals of Thai. and UAE | ||
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World's Best Hospitals 2023 |
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| world rank | hospital | country |
| 9 | Singapore General Hospital | Singapore |
| 11 | Sheba Medical center | Israel |
| 17 | The Univ. of Tokyo Hospital | Japan |
| 28 | St. Luke's Int'l Hospital | Japan |
| 29 | Asan Medical center | S. Korea |
| 40 | Samsung Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 47 | Kameda Medical Center | Japan |
| 49 | Seoul National Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 66 | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | Australia |
| 67 | Severance Hospital Yonsei Univ. | S. Korea |
| 68 | Kyushu Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 69 | Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical center | Israel |
| 73 | Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health & medicine | Japan |
| 91 | The Catholic Univ. Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital | S. Korea |
| 93 | Seoul National Univ. - Bundang Hospital | S. Korea |
| 96 | National Univ. Hospital | Singapore |
| 98 | The Alfred | Australia |
| 105 | Mount Elizabeth - Orchard | Singapore |
| 108 | Keio Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 112 | Kyoto Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 118 | Nagoya Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 119 | Ajou Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 122 | All India Institute of Medical Science Delhi | India |
| 130 | Tan Tock Seng Hospital | Singapore |
| 133 | Gangnam Severance Hospital - Yonsei Univ. | S. Korea |
| 135 | Gleneagles Hospital | Singapore |
| 140 | Kangnuk Samsung Hospital | S. Korea |
| 142 | The Cathilic Univ. Korea Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital | S. Korea |
| 144 | Korea Univ. Anam Hospital | S. Korea |
| 150 | Royal North Shore Hospital | Australia |
| 163 | Medanta The Medicity | India |
| 168 | Kurashiki Central Hospital | Japan |
| 175 | Toranomon Hospital | Japan |
| 178 | Rabin Medical Center | Israel |
| 181 | Juntendo Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 182 | Bumrungrad Int'l Hospital | Thailand |
| 188 | Royal Melbourne Hospital Parkville | Australia |
| 190 | Japanese Red Cross Medical center | Japan |
| 190 | Chung-Ang Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 192 | Inha Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 196 | Osaka Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 199 | Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi | UAE |
| 202 | Hokkaido Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 202 | Ewha Womans Univ. Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 207 | Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | Australia |
| 208 | St Vincent's Hospital Fitzroy | Australia |
| 212 | Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital | Japan |
| 222 | Jikei Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 224 | Gold Coast Univ. Hospital | Australia |
| 229 | KyungHee Univ. Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 233 | Konkuk Univ. Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 242 | Kyorin Univ. Hospital | Japan |
| 243 | Daegu Catholic Univ. Medical Center | S. Korea |
| 246 | Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital | Japan |
| 247 | Chungnam National Univ. Hospital | S. Korea |
| 249 | National Taiwan Univ. Hospital | Taiwan |
| 250 | Apollo Hospital Chennai | India |
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Opinion
- Why is
Taiwan behind ? (1) Taiwan got highest CovID death rate in Asia and entire world again and again. United Daily (2023-3-14): The death rate of severe CovID patients in Taiwan is more than 85% udn.com/news/story/120940/7029331?from=udn_ch2cate6638sub120940_pulldownmenu_v2 / "Medicine should be prescribed but not prescribed, medicine should be taken but not taken", bad record of "failure to administer CovID remedy/medicine in time". | ||
