臺灣之旅 Taiwan trip 7-17 Feb 2009, Part 23 (Tzu Chi Hospital, Xin Dian)

阿莎的舅舅在新店的慈濟醫院上班，於是我們安排了一個早上隨他到那裏去參觀參觀。
Sah's uncle is a consultant in the Tzu Chi Hospital in Xin Dian, so we allocated a morning to visit the hospital with him.


The hospital building. 醫院外觀。


The life-guarding cornerstone - Tzu Chi hospitals are well known for its emphasis on humanity and caring values apart from scientific medical excellence. 守護生命的磐石——除了先進的醫療科技，慈濟醫院非常注重人文的關懷。


The new edition of the "Buddha attending to the sick" drawing. 新版“佛陀問病圖”。


Nurses and doctors are depicted as angels on the ceiling of the main lobby. 醫生和護士被喻為菩薩。


Volunteer pianist entertaining the sick. 音樂志工為病人彈奏鋼琴。




Despite being a Buddhist hospital, it respects the needs of patients of all religions, and there's no projecting of prayers of a particular religion through the loudspeaker every morning!! 雖然是佛教醫院，但病人的宗教信仰仍受到尊重。


Very cosy and homely space in the palliative ward for the terminally ill patients and family members. 心蓮（臨終）病房内供病人及家屬的舒適空間。


Counselling room. 輔導室。


There's an outdoor garden for almost every floor. 差不多每一樓病房外都有讓病人散步的公園。


Waiting space for free connecting buses to main MRT and bus stations. 病人在等候到捷運站和巴士車站的免費接駁車。


“志為人醫”

身為醫師，
應視救人為志願，
志為人醫。
人醫就是良醫；
不止治療患者的身體病痛，
也能念及安慰患者的心苦。
能解除病人生死苦難的醫師，
對病人而言就是貴人，
就是活佛。

——證嚴上人


With Sah's uncle. 和阿莎的舅舅合影。


Saw this chap near the hospital exit who came out for a smoke. See the iv drip and drip stand he was carrying? :D 在出口出看到這偷跑出來抽煙的病人。看到嗎...他把點滴也扛出來了！