The Mission of MedicineCaring for the body and the soul

The First Medical Outreach free clinic

on September 10,1972

Tzu Chi Hospital

Tzu Chi Hospital was buildin 1986

Great kindness to all beings, and great

compassion for all. 無緣大慈 同體大悲

Respect Life 尊重生命

The spirit of TIMA

To Care with compassion,

To give with joy. 慈悲喜捨

Treating patient as a whole being-

“physically, mentally, and spiritually”

rather than simply treating diseases.

醫人醫病更醫心

There are four divisions in Taiwan

TIMA,North

TIMA,Central

TIMA,South

TIMA,East

Headquarter:

Hualien, Taiwan

Tzu Chi Free Clinic in Los Angeles 1993

TIMA, USA NetworksConsist of:

Commissioners, Faith corps, Volunteers for

administration and supportive work.

Health care professional volunteers:Doctors, Dentists, Oriental MD, Nurses,

Pharmacist, Nutritionist, Lab technician, etc.

Non-medical professional volunteers:

Regardless of race, religion, language, anyone who is willing to

share his love and contribute his time and expertise to the

needed is welcome to join in.

Medical Team Organization

• Medical professional advisory

committe team – Tzu Chi

Foundation Northwest Region

• Non medical professional

volunteer – Tzu Chi Foundation

Northwest Region

醫療組 Medical Group

Medical Professional

Western Medicine ,

Orientatal medicine,

Dental, Vision,

Chiropractic, RDA, Nurse,

Pharmercist.

醫療組 Medical Group

Non Med Prof. volunteer

Including:

ADM, GA, PR, Inventory,

Outreach, Bone Marrow,

Orgon Donation, Health

Education, Patient Support,

醫療組組織 Organization

ADM 行政管理

Medical/Dental Outreach 義診隊Bone Marrow / Organ Donation

骨捐器捐宣導小組Health Education 衛教小組Patient Support 病友關懷

Dental Clinic 定點牙醫義診所

Support Team

Administration

General Affair

Inventory Management

3in1

Cultivation ground

IT

PR

Flyer

Support Team

Outreach

MD

OMD

Vision

Chiropractic

Dental

Nurse

Support Team

Health Education and patient support

group

Bone marrow donation

Organ donation

義診隊 Outreach Team

Start on 1995, CTTB Outreach

Establish Medical Group on 1997

First community Health Fair on 1997,

Summer and Winter every year

Join International Medical Outreach since

2000, Dominica, El Salvador, Sri Lanka,

New Orleans, Haiti …

義診隊 Medical Outreach Team

Support Central Cal. Medical Outreach

Since 2001

Join RAM (Remote Area Medical) for

medical outreach in 2011, 2012 in

Sacramento and Oakland

Offer Dental Service in Healthy Living,

San Jose starting 2011, 2012 and 2013

骨捐器捐宣導小組 Bone Marrow / Organ Donation Promotion Team

Establish Bone Marrow Donation Team

on 1998 in Promotion, Education, work

with ADDP for sample collection and

case work

Establish Organ Daonation Team on

2000, Promotion, Education for Organ

Donation and Register

衛教小組Health Education Team

Starting from 1994, seasonal

Community Health Seminar

Including: Heart Disease, Glaucoma and

Cataract, Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes,

Cancer Prevention, Oriental Medicine Care,

Mental Health Care, Hospice Care, Advance

Medical Directive…

病友關懷Patient Support Team

Established Dialysis Support Group on

2005, serve Chinese speaking dialysis

patients

Established Diabetes Support group

on 2010, Provide health education

class to Chinese speaking diabetes

patients.

大愛牙醫義診車Dental Van

Worked on Dental Van Purchasing

project in 2006, Grand Opening on

2008, serve under served, uninsured

individual in community

Free Dental Clinic in Milpitas to serve

uninsured low income individual from

May 20, 2013

Medical Outreach Program

近期計劃 Current Plan

Free Oriental Medicine Clinic

- serve people in need with

lower cost but high efficient

treatment, preventive care

未來計劃 Future Plan

Tzu Chi Medical Center

- offer MD, OMD, Vision, Dental,

Chiropractic service

期許 Expect

Serve community needy

with compassion and giving

without return, to heal

suffering and comfort

people in need to build up a

better community.

With Grateful……

The End