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Cardiac Children’s Foundation Taiwan (CCFT)

Cardiac Children’s Foundation Taiwan (CCFT)

Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

In 1970, there was no public medical insurance in Taiwan. And , it would be extremely difficult to raise 40,000 NTD for medical and surgical cost! Many children with heart disease were left helpless because their families were poor, And, without social welfare assistance, many parents had to abandon medical treatment for their children and watch them losing their young lives.

Dr. Hung-Chi Lue, then a pediatrician at National Taiwan University Hospital, looked at the situation and felt strongly as if the problems were his own suffering. He started a fund raising campaign for the establishment of a foundation for children with heart disease. The responses from his medical colleagues and the society to his calling were most warm and overwhelming. A fund raising committee with Dr. S. J. Chiu, superintendent of the university hospital, as the chairman was organized, and the Cardiac Children’s Foundation Taiwan (CCFT) with Dr. H. Y. Wei, dean of the medical college, as the president was established in 1971.
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