Lee Jae-myung's 'Operating Room CCTV' Patient Consent Surpasses 67%

Gyeonggi-do to Provide Up to 30 Million KRW for Operating Room CCTV Installation at Over 10 Private Hospitals This Year

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] It has been revealed that the patient consent rate for the installation of 'Operating Room CCTV,' introduced by Gyeonggi Province in 2018, exceeds 67%.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 14th that, as a result of reviewing the operation of operating room CCTVs in six hospitals within the province from October 1, 2018, to December 31 of last year, out of a total of 4,239 surgeries, filming was conducted for 2,850 cases, recording a filming consent rate of 67%.

This figure is 13 percentage points higher than the filming consent rate (54%) at Anseong Hospital of Gyeonggi Medical Center, the first hospital to introduce operating room CCTV in Gyeonggi Province.

Looking at the filming consent rate by medical department, except for two departments?Urology (51%) and Ophthalmology (53%)?all other departments such as Surgery (72%), Orthopedics (66%), Obstetrics and Gynecology (72%), Otorhinolaryngology (72%), and Dentistry (66%) recorded CCTV filming consent rates exceeding 60%.

By hospital, Suwon Hospital had the highest rate at 78% (416 out of 533 cases), followed by Anseong Hospital (71%), Paju Hospital (65%), and Pocheon Hospital (65%).

Notably, there has been not a single case of requesting a copy of the CCTV footage to date.

Regarding this, the province evaluated that it has proven that the footage will not be used without clear reasons such as suspicion of medical accidents, and concerns raised by the medical community about distrust promotion and patient privacy infringement were revealed to be mere 'groundless fears.'

Accordingly, the province plans to actively promote the expansion of operating room CCTV to prevent unlicensed medical practices such as proxy surgeries by sales representatives and various illegal acts that may occur in operating rooms, as well as to protect patients' right to know and human rights.

At the end of last year, the province additionally installed CCTV in the operating room of Pocheon Hospital and the newborn room of Yeoju Public Postpartum Care Center.

This year, the province plans to select 10 to 12 private medical institutions at the hospital level and support 30 million KRW per hospital for the installation of operating room CCTV.

A provincial official explained, "Operating room CCTV provides patients with opportunities to fulfill their right to know and protect their human rights, and for medical personnel, it helps restore trust and reduce disputes related to medical accidents," adding, "The fact that 67% of all surgical patients consented to filming is evaluated as meaning that many citizens want the installation of operating room CCTV."

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