Suo points out that in recent years, the proportion of reported TB cases that have been changed from "suspected" to "confirmed negative" has increased from 10 % to 20 %. Some patients are blindly given medication even though it is unclear whether they in fact have contracted tuberculosis. Other patients, unable to obtain specialized medical care, spread M. tuberculosis while wandering from one regular health care institution to another.
索任指出，近年肺結核由「疑似」改為「不是」的改診斷比例，由百分之十增加到百分之二十，有些病人究竟有沒有罹患肺結核都不確定，就開始盲目地服藥；有些病人則在得不到專業醫療照護的情況下，在一般醫療院所間四處遊蕩，散播結核菌。