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2024: South Korea becomes first country to be ordered by hospitals to install video cameras in operating rooms
In September 2024, it became known about the entry into force of the requirements for the mandatory installation of CCTV cameras in operating hospitals in South Korea. The relevant rules are spelled out in the country's updated Health Care Act.
The revised regulation obliges medical institutions to install cameras in any room where patients undergo operations under general anesthesia. This measure is aimed at protecting people from potential medical malpractice and ethical violations, such as operations performed by unqualified personnel, or possible criminal actions against patients under sedation (intravenous administration of non-narcotic sleeping pills that cause superficial sleep).
Medical personnel, including surgeons, cannot refuse to carry out the video unless there is a good reason, for example, urgent surgery. The government is responsible for covering the costs of installing cameras. Video viewing will be allowed at the request of the investigating authority, the court or with the consent of the patient and all medical personnel. Those accused of leaking, damaging or falsifying the footage face up to five years in prison or a fine of up to 50 million won ($37.9 thousand).
Most Koreans support installing video cameras in operating rooms, according to a survey released by the Commission on Corruption and Civil Rights in 2021. Of the 13,959 respondents, 98% supported this practice, citing the need to track potentially illegal medical procedures when patients are under anesthesia. The rules provide for exceptions in case the operation must be carried out urgently, but there are no free operating rooms with video cameras.[1]
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