Weng Lin-chung, superintendent of Taipei Municipal Chung Hsing Hospital, says after infections broke out in several hospitals, the number of outpatients quickly dropped by 50 %. Obviously the 50 % who did find it necessary to come to the hospital were patients who genuinely needed hospital care.
中興醫院院長翁林仲也說，當幾所醫院相繼爆發院內感染後，各醫院的門診量立即縮減為二分之一，顯見這二分之一、不得不去醫院的病患，才是真正需要醫院照顧的病人。