Taichung Veterans General Hospital is located in central Taiwan. It began offering medical services on September 16, 1982. Since 1991 it has been accredited as a “Medical Center and First-Class Teaching Hospital” by the Department of Health, Taiwan, ROC. Taichung Veterans General Hospital is a 1,500-bed hospital with around 3,000 employees. It is able to take care of 6,000 outpatients, 130 inpatients and 180 patients in the emergency room daily. As a public medical center, it provides safe, high-quality medical services with advanced facilities and training programs as well as outstanding research and development programs.