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謝緯與台灣醫療宣教 Hsieh Wei and His Medical Mission in Taiwan
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陳金興 |
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長榮大學台灣研究所 |
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全臺 全部
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[ 摘要 ]
謝緯（1916-1970）在台灣讀完神學院之後，二次大戰期間赴日學醫。1946年自日返台，在南投協助其父所開設的「大同醫院」。1949年受封立為南投基督長老教會牧師。1950年參加門諾會山地醫療團的義診工作，1953年在美國水牛城總醫院進修期間，他決定在台灣為山地人創辦肺病診所。謝緯的醫療宣教生涯遍及南投縣山地以及彰化縣、台南縣沿海地區。除了經營大同醫院及自辦的肺病療養院之外，他每週又安排一天奔走於其他三個地方：埔里基督教醫院，擔任院長及護校講師（1955-1970）；至基督教芥菜種會籌辦的北門烏腳病免費診所義務看診，為烏腳病患做截肢手術（1960-1970）；及赴二林基督教醫院為罹患小兒麻痺症病童開刀（1964-1970），該院源於沿海醫療團而創辦之醫院，於1980年納入台灣基督長老教會總會所屬彰化基督教醫院二林分院體系。1969年2月受推選為台灣基督長老教會總會議長。謝緯服務於社會、醫療及教會事務，不遺餘力。1970年因自行開車從南投赴二林為急診患者開刀而不幸車禍身亡，得年55歲。在前往二林之前他留給其夫人一句話：「我如果能夠早一分鐘到醫院，病患們便可以少受一分鐘的痛苦，甚至可以多救一條生命。」因謝緯的人道精神對台灣的付出與貢獻，被後人尊稱為「台灣的史懷哲」，1992年獲頒「台灣醫療奉獻獎」。
謝緯是牧師，也是醫師，人格特質影響謝緯的行事風格及價值取捨，他以超強之意志，堅持其一生理念，至死不變。由於他了解自己的人格特質以及能力與性向，因而找到屬於自己的人生方向，適才適所，進而結合醫療與宣教，達到自我實現的願望，為貧窮多病的偏遠地區作戰，堪稱本土醫療宣教鬥士。雖然謝緯的工作量超載，他無一句怨言。他以台灣主體性緊密結合其價值體系，透過實際生活呼應其對於醫療宣教的呼召與貢獻，為台灣醫療宣教事業犧牲奉獻，死而後已，更是台灣醫療宣教的典範。
關鍵詞：謝緯、醫療宣教、門諾會、基督教醫院、烏腳病、人格特質、價值觀
[ 英文摘要 ]
Hsieh Wei (William Hsieh, 1916-1970) studied theology in Taiwan and medicine in Japan during World War II. He returned to Nantou to work at his father''''s Ta Tong Clinic in 1946, and was ordained in 1949 into the Nantou Presbyterian Church. He volunteered to join the Mennonite Medical Mobile Clinic in 1950. In 1953, while an assistant resident at Buffalo General Hospital, United States, he decided to build a tuberculosis clinic for the mountain people. Hsieh''''s work to medical mission extended beyond Nantou County to the mountain and coastal areas in both Changhua and Tainan County. Besides running the Ta Tung Clinic and tuberculosis centers, he devoted one day a week to each of three other medical institutions: the Pu Li Christian Hospital for Mountain people, where he served as a surgeon and nursing-school instructor (1955-1970); the Bak- Mng Mercy’s Door Clinic at the Great Salt Coast of Tainan County, which was run by the Mustard Seed Mission (1960-1970) where he performed amputations for sufferers of blackfoot disease; and Er Lin Christian Hospital for children suffering from polio (1964-1970) which began as a coastal medical mobile clinic and later became a branch of the Changhua Christian Hospital, PCT, in Er Lin. In 1969, he was elected the moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan. Hsieh was extremely occupied with public, medical, and ecclesiastical commitments. He died in a car crash in 1970 while driving to work for an emergency case at Er Lin Hospital. His last words to his wife before he left for Er Lin were, "Arriving a minute earlier at the hospital is a minute less pain suffered by the patients, and one more patient''''s life might even be saved." He was known as the Albert Schweitzer of Taiwan and was posthumously awarded a special honor in 1992, the second Taiwan Annual Medical Reward.
Hsieh was a pastor and a doctor who had the remarkable personality and capacity to make up his value orientation and he understood his own tendency and mission so that Hsieh would fight for the poor environment in his era with strong will and patience. All seemed to agree that Hsieh’s work was over loaded, but he never complained. Due to Hsieh’s Taiwan subjectivity connected with his value idea, his calling and dedication to Taiwan made his case more in deeds than in words. Hsieh Wei was a great example of medical mission in Taiwan.
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