Ten years ago, a brand new 1000-bed teaching hospital--the Tzu Chi Buddhist General Hospital--was built in Hualien County. The 30-year-old, three-story Mennonite Hospital building, with its leaking roof and moldy walls, appeared decrepit and cramped by comparison.
十年前，花蓮蓋起一千床嶄新、大型的教學醫院﹘﹘慈濟醫院，相形之下，門諾那興建三十年、三層樓的小院舍不僅老舊、擁擠，還會漏雨、發霉。