The Tzu Chi International Medical Association (a sub-organisation of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, known for short as the Tzu Chi Foundation or TIMA) has been operating in Australia since 2002, and in Perth since 2013.
Tzu Chi Foundation operates in the areas of charity, medicine, education, humanistic culture, environmental protection, international relief, bone marrow donation and community volunteering. The focus in Australia in medicine is within dental and auxiliary health care.
