Radio Taiwan International
Date: 29 August, 2019
By: Paula Chao

A local community in Tainan has published a story book about a 99-year-old traditional midwife. The book is a small token of the community’s appreciation to a real life traditional midwife from the area called Hsu Bao-hsiu.

At a book launch event in Danei, Tainan, many participants discovered that they have something in common – they were all delivered by the same traditional midwife.

Ninety-nine-year-old Hsu Bao-hsiu started working as a midwife when she was 21. She stayed in the line of work for over four decades. Hsu delivered an impressive number of babies in the area, making her something of a local celebrity.

The head of a community association, Tseng Chan-ping, says that in fact, Hsu delivered most of the people living in his community today, including himself.    [FULL  STORY]