Taipei Medical University Hospital 臺北醫學大學附設醫院 |
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TMU Healthcare System | |
Geography | |
Location | 252 Wu-Xing Street, Xinyi District, Taipei City, Taiwan |
Organisation | |
Care system | Taiwan National Health Insurance |
Hospital type | Teaching Hospital |
Affiliated university | Taipei Medical University |
Services | |
Standards | Joint Commission International |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 500 |
History | |
Founded | 1976 |
Links | |
Website | www.tmuh.org.tw |
Taipei Medical University Hospital (TMUH; Chinese: 臺北醫學大學附設醫院) is a health care facility in Taiwan that was founded in 1976.
The Center for Reproductive Medicine at Taipei Medical University Hospital was established in 1991. It is headed by Professor Tzeng Chii-Ruey. With advanced reproductive technology, this center has helped more than 400,000 infertile couples conceive. In 1991, the first test-tube baby of the hospital was born. In 1993, the first case of microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration in the country was successfully applied by the center. In 1995, the first baby using intracytoplasmic sperm injection was born in the hospital. In 1996, a frozen embryo was successfully applied in pregnancy after being thawed.
With continue research and development of artificial reproduction techniques, in 2001, the center succeeded in autologous mitochondrial transfer to pregnancy and brought the world a healthy baby.
Health management services include: