The first civil servant to die of SARS, an office chief in the Highway Bureau surnamed Chou, went to the NTUH emergency room because he felt ill and thought it might be SARS. Unexpectedly, he was twice sent home by doctors, and it was only on his third visit that he was admitted as an inpatient. He died of the illness not long thereafter.
第一位因 SARS 罹難的公務員、公路局周姓科長，曾因自覺感染而前往台大急診求治，沒想到前兩次都被醫生打了回票，直到第三次才得以入院，不久便病重身亡。