This means that in addition to those critical patients needing urgent treatment, there are many people with noncritical ailments who come to the emergency room outside of outpatient clinic hours either because they don't want to wait for a doctor or don't have time during outpatient hours.
急診沒有時間限制，而且不管病情緩急，只要掛了急診，急診室理論上必須處理，因此除了必須立刻急救的急重症病患，許多病情不急的病人會在非門診時間掛急診，不願意排隊掛門診或是門診時間沒空來看病的病人，也會走急診這條捷徑。