Mackay Memorial Hospital (Chinese: 馬偕紀念醫院; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-Kai Chòng-Ha̍p Pēⁿ-Īⁿ; pinyin: Mǎjiē Jìniàn Yīyuàn; Wade–Giles: Ma³-Chieh¹ Tsung⁴-Ho² Yi¹-yüan⁴), established on 26 December 1912, is one of the largest medical centers in Taiwan.
[1] At that time, the Mackay Clinic was the first western medical institution in northern Taiwan.
Chang Chin-wen, a colleague of Noordhoff's, derived the term's Chinese translation.
Two years later, Mackay Memorial Hospital began offering services as the first suicide prevention center in Southeast Asia.
Chang, who had watched The Slender Thread, advocated for a suicide hotline as well, which became operational in July 1969.