With an inferior medical environment and dilapidated equipment, Dr. Tien Ya-ko went to cope with the dramatic increase in illness of the Yami people and saved many lives. This is something previously serving doctors could not even dream of.
在醫療環境仍然惡劣、設備依舊簡陋的情況下，田雅各醫師使前去應診的雅美病患呈倍數增加，因而救回不少生命﹘﹘這是前幾任醫師難以想像的事。