It's not just Ding Dong. With the exception of Mackay Memorial, which as a religious hospital takes all comers, hospitals refuse to admit patients who are in persistent vegetative states. They don't want them to take up scarce beds.
不光是叮噹，其他植物人生病送醫，除了具有宗教精神的馬偕醫院「來者不拒」外，大部分醫院都因植物人必須佔床位而拒收。