Ms. Tsao went to the Hoping Hospital to see a doctor, and although the hospital was on the lookout for possible cases and immediately transferred her to a better equipped teaching hospital, in the brief time that she had spent in Hoping-less than one hour-her presence set off a chain reaction with explosive results.
曹女士發病後到台北市立和平醫院就醫，和平雖有警覺而立刻將曹女轉送設備更好的教學醫院，然而這短短不到一小時的「致命接觸」，卻可能是讓和平就此淪陷的導火線。