Closer scrutiny revealed that Chiu Hsiao Meimei's misfortune was merely the tip of the iceberg. The problem of patients not being able to find hospital beds has been around for a long time, because beds are traded for influence or other advantages.
尤其緊急醫療是台北市衛生局長張珩投入最深的領域，他難辭其咎，辭職獲准，轉任聯合醫院院長。進一步深究，邱小妹妹事件只是冰山一角，醫師專業、醫療環境、健保制度等都因這件憾事凸顯出支離破碎的缺失。