The Ministry of Health and Welfare held the superintendent handover ceremony for Kinmen Hospital on June 12. The new superintendent Dr. Pi-Sheng Wang is the former Director of the Center for Medical Quality Management, Taipei Veterans General Hospital. The handover ceremony was hosted by Minister Wen-Ta Chiu in person; he commented positively on Dr. Wang’s comprehensive administrative experience, faithful fulfillment of duties, and his talent in hospital management. It is expected that the entire staff of Kinmen Hospital will keep their innovative power under the lead of Dr. Wang for the betterment of operations. 

Superintendent Pi-Sheng Wang had worked as the director of the Department of Chest Medicine and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at New Taipei City Hospital; the ICU director of Taipei City Hospital (Heping Branch); the director of the Medicine Affairs Office at the headquarters of Taipei City Hospital; the director of the Center for Medical Quality Management, the director of the International Medical Service Center, and the acting deputy director of the Department of Medical Affair and Planning at Taipei Veterans General Hospital; the chief executive of the Taipei Medical Association, the executive secretary of the Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, etc. In the ceremony, Superintendent Wang stated that Kinmen Hospital is obliged to take on the essential responsibility of providing medical care for the local people as the only hospital in Kinmen. As the superintendent, he is committed to integrating resources from all sources and leading Kinmen Hospital’s colleagues in this endeavor, in hopes of bringing quality medical services to Kinmen people, and a safe, stable, and delightful working environment to all Kinmen Hospital’s staff. 

Before concluding the ceremony, Minister Chiu reiterated his commitment to supporting the caring for regional medical care of off-shore islands. He challenged the new superintendent of Kinmen Hospital and all colleagues therein with the tasks of continuing the promotion of medical services and putting into practice the medical improvement policy.