Innovating in treatment and research At this time, Ilan had a desperate shortage of medical workers and virtually no specialized care-no medical technologists, no anesthesiologists, and certainly no trained nurses. Doctors had to do it all, shouldering these different tasks at once.
首開風氣當時宜蘭極缺醫療專業人員，也沒有專業分工的概念，沒有檢驗師、麻醉師，更沒有專業的護理人員，醫師必須身兼數職，負起全責。