During the SARS epidemic, Taiwan effectively controlled the situation. However, officials were cautious to maintain the successful anti-epidemic efforts to gain international visibility. It led to concealed suspected cases in Pok Oi Hospital, where the Director of Health successfully altered case determinations to host the International SARS Symposium.
Unbeknownst to medical staff and patients at Pok Oi Hospital, a nosocomial infection ultimately broke out, leading to the hospital’s closure due to an order from the Taipei City Government. After the closure, the hospital’s management system crumbled, leaving medical staff baffled. Many frontline medical workers cared for suspected patients without proper protective equipment, resulting in multiple infections.
台灣因SARS疫情控制得宜,官員們為了爭取國際能見度,沒人敢破壞抗疫有成的氛圍,造成醫院隱匿疫情。此時博愛醫院出現疑似病例,而院內的醫護與病患卻渾然不知,終於爆發院內感染,台北市府下令封院!沒想到封院之後,院內管理系統崩潰,許多第一線醫護在無防疫裝備下照顧疑似病患,一個個倒下。