For example, in Taiwanese hospitals air-conditioning is considered basic equipment, but in Vietnam, where temperatures may rise to 40 oC in the height of summer, hospitals do not have air-conditioning, and a dozen patients may be crowded together in one room. One can often even see two patients having to share the same bed, while patients 'relatives can only put down a straw mat and sleep on the floor.
以醫院為例，空調是台灣醫院的基本配備，但在盛夏溫度可能飆到攝氏四十度的越南，連醫院都沒有冷氣，十二個病人擠一間房，甚至常有兩個病人共用一張病床的窘況；至於病人家屬，只能隨地鋪張草蓆席地而睡。