It also exaggerates the importance of self-sacrifice. The real question, though, is not about her withholding medicine. Spiritually, maybe suffering does send you to God more quickly. What is important is how the sick people felt when she gave them a Bible. If they were believers, then maybe she gave them peace and they felt better.
Spiritual peace is comforting and healing.
Perhaps that was her mission. Supplying medicine may have been someone else's. A Measurement Most cultures comment on judging others. Some interpret this as a command not to judge others. If you read the whole paragraph, though, you find that He's referring to hypocrisy, not judgment per se.