The history of the hospital in Taiwan started in 1948 when the Mennonite Central Committee was invited by the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan to start mobile clinics to serve aborigines in mountainous areas of the island. Prior to the Communist take-over, the committee had been active on the mainland.
雖然院務繁忙、人來人往，但並不嘈雜，整個醫院籠罩在寧靜、詳和的氣氛中。民國卅七年，基督教門諾會海外救濟總會應台灣基督教長老會之邀，來台從事山地巡迴醫療服務。