"Out in front of Poh-Ai Hospital's current location there used to be an irrigation channel where everyone would wash their clothes. They had no idea that this was only spreading the cholera virus all the faster, and within two or three days the outbreak was out of control," recalls Hsu.
「博愛醫院現址前方，原本有一條南門圳，當時家家戶戶都在圳裡洗衣服，卻無意間加速了霍亂的傳染，短短兩三天疫情就一發不可收拾。」