After a weekend of fun, I was ready to start off a brand new work week! Today was a very important day because we were invited to visit the Taiwan Department of Health! This meant that we all needed to look our best, act our best, and be our best! To top it all off, Dr. Nezami was finally here!!!!!
The department of health meeting was very interesting! Personally, I have never been to such an official government building before... not even in the U.S! The meeting was very professional and all of the officials that we met were very good at English! They treated us to a presentation and then continued to discuss the fundamentals of the NHI program and the future direction of Taiwan health care! I definitely learned a lot more of the Taiwan health system through the perspective of the administrators in charge of this system
After the meeting, we went back to TMU for lunch and then lecture! While some people went to eat dumplings, a few of us decided to go to a famous cold noodle place- introduced to us by the Taiwanese girls who had visited USC! The sesame cold noodles were really good- especially the noodles, which were very QQ!!
After lunch, we had a lecture in the College of Public Health and learned about the health within the Xinyi district. We learned that the Xinyi district has its own program for the elderly, something that many U.S cities lack! It was interesting to learn the different health problems that were specific for Xinyi district and how different programs were made to address these problems!
By the time the lecture was over, it was pouring outside as we rushed to the Xinyi District Health Center to learn more!! At the Xinyi Health Center, we got to see the different health services provided, such as the BMI chart, blood pressure monitors, elderly walking classes, etc. What interested me the most were the sample rooms that they had provided to teach families which precautions to take when caring for children and the elderly. The sample rooms had childproof walls and tables, light strips on the floors, and other safety precautions that I believe will help prevent a lot of household injuries that children and the elderly encounter. If only all families had this kind of household protection, then less children and elderly will experience traumatizing falls or even life-threatening injuries in their own home!
After the health center, we returned back home, to Howard Hotel, to pack and prepare for our Hualien excursion!!!! That night, a few of us went to Ximending to get some gifts for our friends and families!! We also went to a restaurant called Modern Toilet, a personal hot pot place that served all its food in toilets!! Ahh! The types of restaurants that can only be found in Taiwan! So exotic... and so fun!!!!! After dinner, we all did some light gift shopping and then returned back to Howard hotel, exhausted and ready for the next day to start!
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