There are long lines to register, long waits to actually get in to see the physician, and long waits to pick up prescriptions, while a patient only spends a short time with the doctor and the doctor keeps whatever explanations he gives very short.
「三長兩短」的看病文化──掛號排隊長、候診時間長、領藥等候長；看診時間短、醫生的話短──長久以來就一直為人所詬病。