A difficult history In Ilan County, the Order of St. Camillus's St. Mary's Hospital and the Lo Hsu Foundation's Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital are located right next to one another. Both are top regional teaching hospitals. They usually see one another as competitors, and rarely go in for collaborative projects.
醫界情緣在宜蘭，天主教靈醫會羅東聖母醫院，與財團法人羅許基金會羅東博愛醫院，雖比鄰而居，且都是縣內首屈一指的區域教學醫院，卻視彼此為主要競爭對手，平時少有互動。