Introduction of Dr. George Leslie Mackay

Dr. Mackay
Dr. Mackay was born in Canada
and died in Tamsui (1844- 1901).

Dr. George Leslie Mackay was born in Zola Village, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada on March 21, 1844. On March 9, 1872, the Canadian Presbyterian Church commissioned him to go to Taiwan as a medical missionary.

In 1880, Dr. Mackay founded the Mackay Clinic in Tamshui, which was the first Western hospital in the northern part of Taiwan. It was here in the humble surroundings of Tamshui where Dr. Mackay treated many patients, in the mean while proclaiming the gospels of Christ.

They treated patients who suffered from diseases such as malaria, which was a serious disease at that time. Besides treating patients, Dr. Mackay often preached and brought Taiwanese Christians along with his medical and evangelistic tours in northern Taiwan. With the Bible in one hand and forceps in the other, he often defied mountains, rivers and jungles overgrowth to do medical evangelism.

Mackay International Medical Center Profile

Mackay Memorial Hospital (MMH), established in the 1880s,accredited as medical center by TJCHA, affiliated with Mackay Medical College and Mackay Medicine ,Nursing and Management College .MMH is comprised of one main campus and three branches as a health network through northern, western and eastern of Taiwan with nearly 3,000 beds and more than 7,500 employees, MMH provides full range of medical specialties by the medical teams consisting of specialists from different departments in MMH, aiming to serve patient with integrated and comprehensive care. In addition, MMH upholds “Total Healing” principle to take care not only the patients’ physical needs but also their spiritual needs.