Patients cannot be treated timelycannot receive timely treatment because ofdue to a shortage of medicine.

Patients cannot be treated timely/cannot receive timely treatment because of/due to a shortage of medicine.

正确答案：由于药品短缺，病人无法得到及时治疗。

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