Hu Wei-ming, vice-superintendent of the hospital, says that demand for residents in surgery has exceeded supply since 1991. Indeed, since 1994, despite several recruitment drives, the hospital has not found a single new resident in surgery.
忠孝醫院副院長胡煒明指出，從民國八十年開始，外科住院醫師就供不應求，八十三年以後，忠孝醫院招考多次，卻連一名住院醫師都沒招到。