“Remembering the Life and Legacy of Dai Dongyuan: Authority on Diabetes and Family Medicine”

2023-05-16 08:16:33

Dai Dongyuan, the director of the Taiwan Hospital, passed away today at the age of 84. Dai Dongyuan enjoys a reputation as an authority on diabetes, and is an important promoter of family and geriatric medicine. He was awarded the 27th Medical Contribution Award.

Dai Dongyuan, the president of the front desk hospital, enjoys a reputation as an authority on diabetes, and is an important promoter of family and geriatric medicine. He was awarded the 27th Medical Dedication Award. (Photo by Central News Agency)

Li Longteng, chief director of Renji Hospital, said that the foreign nurse found that Dai Dongyuan was “unable to wake up” this morning and passed away peacefully in his sleep.

Cai Shize, chairman of the Diabetes Concern Foundation, recalled that Dai Dongyuan was 10 years older than him, and each came from National Taiwan University and Beirong University. Because the two were trained in the same school in the United States, this relationship that lasted for decades was linked.

Dai Dongyuan devoted his whole life to the field of diabetes and metabolism. Cai Shize said that diabetes had not received much attention at that time, but Dai Dongyuan was quite far-sighted and devoted himself to research, teaching and caring for patients early on, and published the first book on diabetes in China.

Dai Dongyuan is also a leader in family medicine and geriatric medicine. Cai Shize pointed out that in his early years, when he did not attach so much importance to family and geriatric medicine, Dai Dongyuan started to set up directions and set up related systems. He has excellent performance in the three major fields.

Not only has he made outstanding contributions in medical care, Cai Shize said that Dai Dongyuan’s administrative skills are also quite outstanding. He was hired when he was young. He once served as the president of National Taiwan University Hospital, the president of Chengda University Hospital, and the vice president of Provincial Taoyuan Hospital (now Taoyuan Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare). , President of Taipei Renji Hospital, etc., won the 27th Medical Contribution Award, which is well deserved.

Cai Shize specifically mentioned that during Dai Dongyuan’s tenure as the president of National Taiwan University Hospital, it coincided with the transformation period of the century-old National Taiwan University Hospital. In addition to the completion of the current National Taiwan University Hospital’s new site on Zhongshan South Road, many reforms were promoted at the same time. Characters are key people.

Cai Shize praised Dai Dongyuan’s achievements in Taiwan as worthy of nostalgia and admiration. Not only medical care, but also vigorously and indirectly promoted many important policies on the administrative level, such as the establishment of health insurance. Dai Dongyuan is a representative figure of an era.

Responsible editor: Yu Weining

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