It just happens that at that time a missionary in Taitung sent a letter to the United States Christian Association asking for a doctor and a nurse to be sent to Taitung, which has always been rather shortchanged in medical resources.
碰巧有位在台東傳道的牧師，寫信回美國基督教協進會，要求派醫生、護士到醫療資源貧乏的台東來。