page_title: Losheng Sanatorium
section_title: Debates and preservation movement
hierarchical_section_title: Losheng Sanatorium / Debates and preservation movement
context_page_description: Losheng Sanatorium is a sanatorium for lepers in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Losheng means "happy life". The building was constructed in the 1930s during the Japanese colonial period.
  There were heated debates and protests about plans to replace Losheng Sanatorium with a MRT depot.
context_section_description: In 1994, Taipei Rapid Transit System planned to build a depot on the site where the sanatorium is. Chen Ching-Chuan (陳京川), the ex-director of Losheng, was opposed to this decision. He did three surveys among the patients to see what they thought and needed, shortly before he got demoted and reprimanded. Ever since, the patients have had no access to the MRT construction plans and its related discussions.
caption: Map of Xinzhuang Line zone DK196. The planned site for Xinzhuang depot includes the Sanatorium.