With much bigger dreams for his career in medical service, however, Hsu Wen-cheng did not agree with the philosophy behind the Camillians 'work. In 1953, he established the Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital next door to St. Mary's, subsequently developing it from a 30-bed clinic to its present status as a multiservice hospital with over 1000 beds.
然而，對醫療服務有著更遠大夢想的許文政，囿於與靈醫會經營理念不合而選擇離開，1953 年在聖母醫院旁另行成立「羅東博愛醫院」，並從最早的 30 床擴展成目前一千餘床的大型綜合醫院。