Under the leadership of Fr. Shi Yuren, the first president of Keng Hsin Hospital, the hospital's business was gradually getting on track. Although the hospital was losing money at the beginning, it still persisted in its mission of dedication to the Church and saving lives through the assistance of the diocese. Later on, through the painstaking efforts of the past presidents of the Archdiocese of Taipei, such as Bishop Dee Gang (currently Archbishop of Taipei), Fr. Yuan Junxiu (who was called by the Lord in 1975), and Vice Bishop Yao Tsung-kan, we were able to reach our present achievements and scale.
In the early 1950's, Archbishop Luo, recognizing that the medical business in Taiwan was booming, but that nursing personnel were in need of urgent training, actively raised funds to build a well-equipped school of nursing and midwifery within the hospital to alleviate the lack of nursing manpower. After more than two years of preparatory work, Keng Hsin Nursing and Midwifery School was officially opened on May 14th, 1961, with the mission of educating nursing personnel.
In the fall of 1964, Archbishop Luo, the chairman of the board of directors, witnessed the rapid increase in the population of the Xindian area and the rapid increase in the demand for medical care, the hospital's existing wards and medical equipment were no longer adequate, so in order to enable the people of the Xindian area to receive better medical care, he instructed President Yuan to plan for the construction of new wards in the east wing of the existing hospital, and to expand the medical equipment. On May 3 of the following year, the groundbreaking for the new construction of the East Ward was held, and construction officially began on June 3. Thanks to the assistance of all related organizations, the project was completed by the end of October, 2008, as scheduled. The East Ward occupies an area of 350 ping, with a floor area of 2,100 ping, and is planned to be a six-story building with a basement floor and five floors above ground, of which the second to fifth floors are planned to be used as wards (i.e., the current Ward B building, which has a capacity of about 200 beds of various types).
In 1970, the Catholic Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary felt that the St. Joseph's Hospital on Dongyuan Street in Taipei's Wanhua District was too small to meet the growing demand for medical care in the area, so they proposed a cooperative plan to Archbishop Jia Yanwen of the Diocese of Taipei, in which the Sisters allocated land on Zhongxing Street in Yonghe and a portion of their funds to build a seven-story medical building, which was formally completed and opened in July of 1982 and named the "Keng Hsin" building. The building was officially opened in July, R.O.C. and named "Keng Hsin Hospital Wing Wo Branch" to inherit the spirit of St. Joseph's Hospital in carrying forward the spirit of Christian charity.
In 1975, under the visionary leadership of the former president, Archbishop Yao, Keng Hsin Hospital expanded the east wing of the hospital by ten floors, purchased the latest medical equipment, recruited medical professionals, and set up a specialty clinic in order to increase the number of services and improve the quality of care. In 1979, Building A was officially opened and Keng Hsin Hospital was recognized as a regional teaching hospital by the Department of Health.