Minister Gu said that Landseed International Hospital, located in Pingzhen District, Taoyuan City, is the first hospital in Taiwan to focus on Hakka people. It established the Hakka Culture Promotion Committee in 2017 to organize regular Hakka Culture Weeks, Hakka artistic and cultural shows, Hakka opera performances, and more activities. It also encourages employees to take Hakka language certification exams: a total of 121 healthcare workers and employees signed up for Hakka language certification in 2025.
To assist relevant personnel in learning Hakka, Landseed International Hospital especially holds a Hakka Language Certification Training Camp and invites lecturers to guide the practice for listening, reading, and other tests. This inspires everyone to pass the certification, so that they can provide services in Hakka in the future and create a friendly healthcare environment with “full accessibility to Hakka people”. Expected to take place in 2026, the first Hakka Arts and Culture Contest will bring together people from Taoyuan, Hsinchu, and Miaoli. They will participate in different age groups and categories (reading, singing, speaking, etc.) to promote and pass down Hakka culture through the exciting competition.
In addition, to provide medical staff and care workers with channels to learn Hakka, HAC has collaborated with Landseed International Hospital to produce digital course materials. The course contents include scenario-based dialogues that introduce situations encountered in medical consultations. What’s more, professional doctors teach Hakka words and phrases commonly used in healthcare services. The goal is for relevant personnel to serve and care for people in Hakka after mastering healthcare Hakka vocabulary. Course information can be found in the HAC Hakka e-Learning Center’s Medical and Long-Term Care Hakka Language section.
