Moreover, after being taken through the paces two years back by the SARS epidemic, the Taipei City Government established the Emergency Operations Center, which has the capability of checking various hospitals for empty beds. This illustrates that medical and health agencies realize the importance of flexibility in times of emergency. But merely having such a system in place doesn't guarantee that it will function properly when it's actually needed.
其次，經歷前年 SARS 疫情的考驗後，台北市即設立緊急醫療中心，可供查詢各醫院空床，代表醫療衛生單位早已體認到「緊急調度」的重要性，只是空有制度並不能保證實際運作順暢。