Taiwan Blackfoot Disease Socio-Medical Service Memorial House

The Taiwan Blackfoot Disease Socio-Medical Service Memorial House (Chinese: 台灣烏腳病醫療紀念館; pinyin: Táiwān Wūjiǎobìng Yīliáo Jìniànguǎn) is a former clinic building in Yonglong Village, Beimen District, Tainan, Taiwan.[1]

Taiwan Blackfoot Disease Socio-Medical Service Memorial House
台灣烏腳病醫療紀念館
General information
TypeFormer clinic
LocationBeimen, Tainan, Taiwan
OpeningSeptember 2007
ManagementWang King-ho Culture and Arts Foundation
Website
www.blackfoot.org.tw

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.[2] After inauguration, the memorial house was taken over by the Wang King-ho Culture and Arts Foundation.[3]

Opening time

The memorial house is opened from Thursday to Sunday from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. free of charge.[4]

See also

References
  1. Liu, Wan-jyun; Hetherington, William (8 July 2016). "Cultural awareness, government drive spurring museum growth in Tainan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. "Taiwan Black-foot Disease Socio-Medical Service Memorial House". Ministry of Culture, Local Cultural Museum. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  3. "台灣烏腳病醫療紀念館-紀念館簡介".
  4. "台灣烏腳病醫療紀念館-紀念館簡介".
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