Overseas Medical Mission

CCH and MIRDC hosted Sleep and Respiratory Care

The COVID-19 is a pandemic crisis around the world and the sleep and respiratory care of patients is a key factor in recovery. According to statistics, about 20% of adults in Taiwan suffer from Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). But nearly 90% have not been diagnosed and treated. To adress this issue, on August 28^th, Changhua Christian Hospital co-hosted with the Metal Industries Research & Development Centre to organize the "2020 Sleep and Respiratory Care in Clinical Practice and Business Matching Workshop" under " The Niche of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry and International Promotion Program" which sponsored by the Industrial Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The workshop invited Dr. Huang Guo-Yang from the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Dr. Chang Kai-Ming from the Department of Neurology of CCH to present the clinical experience of respiratory care in the hospital, and the application of physiological feedback devices in the non-drug intervention treatment of insomnia.There are 8 outstanding medical manufacturers in the field of sleep and respiratory care were invited to demonstrate the innovative design and the function of their products, such as AmCad BioMed Corporation, Borjaw, Apex Medical Corp, Bioland Technology Corporation, Sonmics, Inc., North-vision Tech. Inc., RTsystem, as well as SITERIA. Through the knowledge and best practices sharing, device testing, participants learned from this activity and find out the opportunity in further cooperation with the company. This event attracted nearly 100 medical staff, from different departments of the hospital to join and interact with each other. The whole event has been recorded, and the video link will be provided after editing.