140th Anniversary of Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association

    Macau  2011.10.28

    In issue: Stamp(s): 4    Souvenir sheet(s): 1   

    Printing: offset lithography on paper with security fibres

  • Perforation type: 14x13 ¼

    Subject:

    3.5 Pataka. The hand-mill for grinding medicines on the background of the hospital*

    Additional:

    *Kiang Wu Hospital, a privately owned hospital located in Macau Peninsula, is one of three hospitals in Macau. Founded in 1871, the hospital is run by the Kiang Wu Charitable Association and offered Chinese medicial services. Renowned doctor Sun Yat-Sen brought Western medicine services to the hospital. The hospital has had four different sites, the last built in 2000.

    Currently there is no Western-style medical school in Macau, so all indigenous intending doctors have to either qualify overseas, or qualified doctors have to be brought in from outside.

    Currently the hospital is not engaged in international healthcare accreditation.