When Dr. Mackay came to Taiwan, his main work was to practice medicine in addition to preaching, and in the early days of coming to Taiwan, Mackay gave people medical treatments at home, but because Mackay used Western medicine, which was much more advanced than Taiwan at that time, coupled with good efficacy and free consultation, more and more people from all over Northern Taiwan came to visit. Due to the increase in the number of patients, on May 5, 1873, Mackay rented another private house to make it a medical center, called the Hobe Medical Hall (not Hobe MacKay Hospital), and Mackay's medical career in Taiwan continued to develop. On March 15, 1879, Mackay bought a piece of land not far from the Tamsui River and planned to build a new medical center.

　　The Hobe MacKay Hospital was completed on May 18 of the same year and officially opened on September 14. It is worth mentioning that in addition to medical use, after the opening of Oxford School in 1882, all students were required to go to the medical center to study. In 1951, it was also rented to Mackay's eldest son George as a bible study room until 1968. Of course, after the appearance of this medical center, it benefited the locals a lot. But unfortunately, after the death of Mackay in 1901, this medical center was temporarily closed. The silence of the Hobe Medical Hall was broken until 1906.

The previous year, Dr. Ferguson from Canada took over the work in the medical center, and the operation was quite impressive, people from every corner came to receive medical treatment. Located in Tamsui, which at the time was a relatively underdeveloped area, Dr. Ferguson proposed to the Presbyterian Church of Canada in 1911 to move the medical center to Taipei and successfully received support, funding, and manpower.

In December 1912, the Taipei Mackay Memorial Hospital, designed by Rev. William Gauld, was completed, and around 1970, it also established branches in New Taipei City, Taitung County, Hsinchu City, and other places, and its predecessor "Hobe MacKay Hospital" is a designated monument of the municipality directly under the central government today, which now has Mackay's medicine bottles, operating tables, etc. At that time, "Hobe MacKay Hospital" was officially retired from the medical operation, and turned into history traces and proof of Dr. Mackay's bestow people in Taiwan.

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