Chang Gung Children's Hospital launched its own counter-offensive against the DOH, stating that by early May there had been several deaths of patients with hand, foot and mouth disease, but the DOH didn't ask medical centers or hospitals to begin sending it virus samples for tests until 20 people nationwide had already died.
長庚兒童醫院也對衛生署提出抨擊，指出該院五月初陸續出現手足口病死亡病例，而衛生單位直到全國已經二十人死亡時，才開始呼籲醫學中心或醫院將病毒檢體送往鑑定，防疫工作顯有重大缺失。