At that time, Dharma Master Cheng Yen witnessed a hospital refuse care for a pregnant aboriginal woman because the woman didn't have money to pay a deposit. The woman's blood covered the floor. It was then that the dream of founding a hospital in the Hualien-Taitung area took root in her heart.
當時，證嚴法師目睹一位原住民孕婦，因為繳交不起保證金遭醫院拒收而血流滿地的慘狀，心中便已萌發在花東地區興建一座「不需保證金」醫院的宏願。