Dr. Michael Bullard, a consultant in emergency medicine at CGMH, has observed that not only are Taiwan's ERs packed with patients, they are also crowded with the family members of those patients. And most hospitals do not strictly control visiting hours or visiting areas. This leads to the ERs of major medical centers "resembl (ing) a traditional Chinese market," says Bullard.
來自加拿大的長庚醫院急診醫學科顧問卜樂得觀察出，台灣急診室不只病人多，病人家屬也多，又多沒有嚴格限制探望時間和區域，因此許多醫學中心的急診室「就像菜市場」，卜樂得說。