Taiwan Blackfoot Disease Socio-Medical Service Memorial House
History
The memorial house used to be a clinic for Wang King-ho, a doctor who had fought the adverse effects of "blackfoot disease" (arsenic poisoning) for 25 years by offering free medical services to patients from Beimen and the surrounding regions. Tainan County Magistrate Su Huan-chih and Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Ye Tzer-shan then proposed for the reconstruction of the clinic into a memorial house to preserve the history of the disease in Taiwan. Construction began in November 2006 and ended in September 2007. It was then opened by President Chen Shui-bian in end of September of the same year. After inauguration, the memorial house was taken over by the Wang King-ho Culture and Arts Foundation.
See also
References
- ^ "Taiwan Blackfoot Disease Socio-medical Service Memorial House". Southwest Coast National Scenic Area Administration. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Liu, Wan-jyun; Hetherington, William (8 July 2016). "Cultural awareness, government drive spurring museum growth in Tainan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Taiwan Black-foot Disease Socio-Medical Service Memorial House". Taiwan, the Heart of Asia. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Introduction". Taiwan Black-foot Disease Socio-Medical Service Memorial House. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Taiwan Black-foot Disease Socio-Medical Service Memorial House". Ministry of Culture, Local Cultural Museum. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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