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Back in 1988, a family was involved in a car accident while on vacation in Argentina, killing the wife before she could reach the hospital. But throughout the entire ordeal, the hospital staff showed them such compassion that the husband vowed to one day return the favor. Now, 38 years later, he was finally able to donate an ambulance to the community. In recognition of his kindness, the Argentine government put Taiwanese flags on the outside of the vehicle as a reminder of where it came from.

Hsu Wen-ming
Ambulance donor
My wife passed away because there was no ambulance. This has been weighing on my heart for over 30 years. This has been the driving force behind all my efforts.

A wish held for 38 years has finally been fulfilled. Mr. Hsu, who raised his daughter as a single father, lived frugally for decades to save up NT$1.8 million, all to donate to strangers who live on the other side of the world as thanks for helping him through his darkest hour.

Hsu Wen-ming
Ambulance donor
I owe the Argentinian people. The afternoon my wife passed away, my daughter didn’t have any milk to drink, and she wouldn’t take a bottle. She was hungry and crying. But a nurse who had just given birth herself took my daughter and breastfed her. Seeing that... I just broke down. I couldn’t hold it in anymore.

On the day of the donation, the hospital invited the doctors and nurses who were there at the time of the accident. In 1988 while traveling in Argentina with his wife and six-month-old daughter, Mr. Hsu and his family were in a serious car accident. Since there was no ambulance, his wife passed away on the long journey to the hospital. The father and daughter were sent to a second hospital, where these “angels in white” stepped in to help at their most vulnerable. Mr. Hsu left that day with a solemn vow to repay their kindness.

Hsu Wen-ming
Ambulance donor
I told my wife I’d make sure that her sacrifice wouldn’t be for nothing. I donated an ambulance so that no one else has to suffer the way we did.

As one of the furthest countries from Taiwan, sending an ambulance to Argentina was no easy task. International shipping logistics and regulations were complicated, and the pandemic put a halt to the plan for six years. But the vehicle finally arrived, giving what’s essentially a mobile ICU to this community. In a rare gesture, the Argentine government placed both Mr. Hsu’s and his wife’s names on the ambulance and displayed Taiwanese flags to the outside.

Hsu Wen-ming
Ambulance donor
This is the first ambulance in all of Argentina to display a foreign flag. There’s no other. Since they put it on, it’s had a huge response from the Taiwanese community in Argentina.

Mr. Hsu’s story deeply moved the local community and garnered widespread media coverage, serving as a shining example of the friendship between the people of Taiwan and Argentina. Now, this ambulance—bearing the flag of the person who sent it—begins its mission to save lives in the place where his story first began.

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