The medical community generally agrees that most patients with medical emergencies need to be treated as soon as possible. With the long and arduous trip from Ilan reduced to a few hours 'trip by car, however, patients could easily be sent to major treatment centers in Taipei once their condition stabilizes. This new system could present real challenges to medical institutions in Ilan.
據醫界評估，一般急症病患最重要是把握搶救的黃金時間，因此第一線就醫仍會留在當地；但少了原本穿山越嶺、巔簸震盪的顧忌後，病患極可能在病情穩定後就轉送台北的各大醫學中心，對宜蘭的醫療業務勢必造成衝擊。