Nonetheless, as a private hospital that faces enormous pressures and cannot afford to operate at a loss, Chang Gung Children's Hospital sometimes diverts empty beds to adult patients. Moreover, for critical medical care that places a heavy burden on manpower and material resources it still depends on help from national-level public hospitals.
然而，私立醫院業績壓力沈重，不可能做「賠錢生意」，因此當兒童醫院有空床時，有時也會「挪用」給成人病患；而除了可吸引媒體注意的血液配對、骨髓及器官移植等明星個案外，更多一般性、耗費人力物力的長期重症治療，仍要仰賴國家級的公立醫院一肩扛起。