I think the canon reason given for this and other "why didn't the ship's computer just stop them?" situations that it's a privacy violation to just go around scanning people without their permission.
Although they do seem to do a lot of "scanning for life-signs" so who knows?
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Why don't ships onboard sensors detect medical emergencies
It's something that has bothered me since I realised...
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