This was the first time that medical care was considered to come within the scope of the Consumer Protection Law. This has rewritten relations between doctors and patients, putting medical institutions and professionals in the position of commercial providers of medical services, while patients in turn are seen as consumers receiving a service in exchange for payment.
令人矚目的，這是第一宗將醫療服務列入消保法規範對象的案例，改寫了醫病關係，將醫療單位和人員視為提供醫療服務的業者，病人則是花錢接受服務的消費者。