Searching for a Small Town Doctor
- Aging
- Healthcare
- Religion
Synopsis
It is a story happened in the villages of Taitung County. Doctor HSU was the Attending Physician of the emergency department in Tainan. He went back to his hometown Taitung County in 2002, and he has been striving to establish a community-based hospital in order to solve the problems of health care services in remote areas. However, he suffered from cerebral hemorrhage in 2006.
CHIU Sho-mei worked as an ironworker in the city when she was young, but returned to her hometown to work as a frontline worker because of health problem. Her mother has been suffering from dementia, alcoholism and melancholia, which made her worry about mother’s health care. By chance, she also learned the skills of being a traditional wizard. Both doctor HSU and wizard CHIU are the healer for common people, but they also have problems they face with in their life.
Festivals & Awards
2017-04-12 Visions du Réel - Media Library
Team
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