Market numbers tell the story. The privately-operated CGMH, which is the largest health-care organization in Taiwan, opened its first TCM department, fully staffed by doctors with dual backgrounds in both TCM and Western medicine, at its Linkou medical center two years ago. The number of patients seen by its out-patient clinic has grown explosively to its current level of around 25,000 per month, an average of approximately 1,000 per day.
市場數字會說話，由財團法人經營、國內規模最大的醫療集團長庚紀念醫院，二年前在林口的醫學中心首開中醫部，醫師全部兼具中西醫背景，目前，每個月的門診數目就暴增至二萬五千人次，平均每天有一千人上門求醫。