Chen Chien-jen describes hospitals as distribution centers for bacteria and viruses: The bacteria found in hospitals are more virulent than those found in the community at large, because hospital patients include many who have to undergo lengthy treatment, so that bacteria have greater opportunities to congregate and to exchange drug resistance genes.
陳建仁指出，醫院就是細菌、病毒的集散地。醫院的細菌比社區的細菌更厲害，因為醫院裡多是久治不愈的病人，細菌在此集合、交換抗生素基因的機會變大，因此抗藥性較強。隨著醫療日趨集中化，院內感染的機率也大增。