부산대학교 도서관

Robert K.S. Lim returned to China in 1924. Twelve years before the war erupted, on the basis of Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), he established the Chinese Physiological Academic Pedigree. Besides, he dedicated to the integration of Chinese medical education and built an effective training system for physicians. In 1937, when the Second Sino-Japanese War started, Liu Ruiheng, the Director of the Department of Health, admired his capability and Robert K.S. Lim was assigned to the China Red Cross Society of Hankou to set up Red Cross Ambulance Corps (RCAC). He was also responsible for the training of health care providers of the wartime Changsha Emergency Medical Service Training School (EMSTS). He offered help to the Military Medical Department by the two institutes, developed the health care capacity in the military. RCAC is a completely independent organization. Under the outstanding leadership of Robert K.S. Lim, it developed rapidly and performed very well. Their funds and supplies were independent from the China Red Cross Society, and mainly came from donation overseas. The Red Cross Society was originally a non-governmental organization. The organization had been worried that the Ambulance Corps would be took over by the government due to the government's three-in-one wartime policy. The unclear affiliation of the RCAC led to the conflict between Robert K.S. Lim and Wang Zhengting, president of the Red Cross. The past research considered that the conflict can be attributed to Robert K.S. Lim 's disobedience and lacking of belongingness. According to the confidential archives of correspondence between the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China (ABMAC) and Robert K.S. Lim, this article presents several methods used by Wang Zhengting to struggle for health care resources. The documents also demonstrated his improper strategies about RCAC, which resulted in the danger of medical capability in the military. After Lim was forced to resign from RCAC in September 1942, the rescue team's labor force dramatically decreased to half. The government was aware of the severity of the problem and reorganized the Red Cross in February 1943, and later changed the director of Red Cross in April 1. During the period of EMSTS, Robert K.S. Lim proposed the 'six-year instalment education' program, which also caused conflicts between international aid agencies such as ABMAC and United Relief in China (URI). In September, Robert K.S. Lim was dismissed. Subsequently, Robert K.S. Lim 's outstanding performance in the expeditionary force of the Myanmar-Burma won international admiration. Lim was re-hired by the government as the Army Surgeon General. After the war in 1947, the establishment of the National Defense Medical Center (NDMC) integrated Western medicine systems and established Chinese medical education programs. Finally, Robert K.S. Lim has been commended for his foresight and perseverance.