Chiang Che-yan, a former vice president at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), was the first doctor in Taiwan to treat patients with AIDS. He says that in one case, the day after he told a patient that he had AIDS, the patient killed himself by jumping into a river in Hsintien.
前臺大副院長莊哲彥是最早接觸愛滋病患的醫師，他曾有一次才告知病人感染的事實，第二天病人就在新店跳水自殺了。