About 2 % could cause serious damage or even death to patients. Dr. Wu Ming-yen of the Non- Governmental Hospital and Clinics Association of the ROC states that when the new year arrives, at least ten percent of the kidney dialysis machines in Taiwan will not function, which will be bad news for the more than 20,0OO people on the island who need these machines.
私立醫療院所協會 Y2K 因應小組召集人吳明彥則表示，二千年時至少有一成的洗腎機可能停擺，對國內二萬多名洗腎病患將造成影響。