At National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), for example, there are only 17 doctors in the infectious diseases department; there is simply no comparison with the internal medicine department with its more than 200 doctors. At Hoping Hospital there are only three epidemiologists.
根據中華民國感染症醫學會統計，全台感染科醫生約有二百五十多位，其中如台大醫院有十七位，和平醫院只有三位。