Jonamgwan, Meeting with the Mother of the Late Kwon Daehee Regarding 'Medical Accident'

Jonamgwan Acting Prosecutor General / Photo by Jang Jinhyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] Acting Prosecutor General Cho Namgwan will meet with the bereaved family of the late Kwon Daehee, who was left unattended in the operating room and died from excessive bleeding, to hear their opinions regarding the investigation and prosecution of the medical staff.

According to the prosecution on the 27th, Acting Prosecutor Cho will meet with Kwon’s mother, Lee Nagum, director of the Patient Rights Research Institute, at 4 p.m. on the 28th. Director Lee insists that the medical staff, who are currently on trial in the first instance for charges of professional negligence resulting in death and violation of the Medical Service Act, should be charged with murder by implied intent to set a legal precedent.

Previously, Kwon died 49 days after losing consciousness due to severe bleeding during facial contouring surgery at a plastic surgery clinic in September 2016. The prosecution indicted the plastic surgery clinic director Jang (52) and Shin (32) in November 2019, finding that they violated their duty of care during the surgery and failed to monitor and take follow-up measures.

At that time, contrary to the bereaved family’s complaint requesting charges of violation of the Medical Service Act for unlicensed medical practice, the prosecution only indicted for medical negligence (professional negligence resulting in death), and two nursing assistants present in the operating room were not prosecuted. Subsequently, the court accepted the bereaved family’s petition for reconsideration, leading to additional indictments of Jang, Shin, and nursing assistant Jeon (27) for violation of the Medical Service Act.

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