Dr. Lin was the first Taiwanese health-care worker to die of SARS, but his case was far from unique, for in the three months of the epidemic 12 health-care workers gave up their lives, and over 90 more were snatched back from the jaws of death. Bearing the scars of fibrosis in their lungs, but unbowed by their ordeal, most bravely returned to their posts.
但林醫師不是特例，SARS 肆虐台灣 3 個月，犧牲的醫療工作者共計 12 位，還有九十多位在鬼門關前走過一遭，幸運地撿回一條命，其中絕大多數克服了心理的陰影，帶著肺部纖維化的傷殘，又勇敢地重回醫療崗位。