Hospitals do not hold stocks of drugs to treat rare disorders, so when they come across a patient and apply to import such medicines, it is often impossible to obtain them quickly enough.
就算幸運地檢查出罹患什麼病，卻也不見得買得起或買得到藥。各醫院都沒有罕見疾病的儲備用藥，一旦發現病患再申請進口，往往緩不濟急。