"Lawsuit Filed Over Nurse Assistant Performing Liposuction Surgery... Patient Photos Also Leaked"

Nursing Assistant Commits Illegal Medical Practice at Seoul Plastic Surgery Clinic
Tells Acquaintance, "I Have Done Liposuction with the Director"

A complaint has been filed against a nursing assistant at a plastic surgery clinic located in Seoul for performing illegal medical practices and even illegally photographing and distributing patients' body images, prompting the police to launch an investigation.

A nursing assistant's KakaoTalk messages exchanged with an acquaintance.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

On the 20th, Yonhap News reported that a complaint was recently filed at the Wonmi Police Station in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, requesting punishment of nursing assistant A (in her 30s) on charges of camera use for filming and distribution under the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes.

Three complainants, including B (in her 30s), claimed, "A took photos of patients undergoing surgery at a plastic surgery clinic in Seoul with her mobile phone and showed them to other patients or sent them via personal messenger." They also reported that A engaged in illegal medical practices and received money through a personal account.

B, who underwent rhinoplasty at the clinic in January last year, told Yonhap News, "A took photos during surgery showing my nose and scalp lifted up to my forehead and showed them to other patients. I was under anesthesia at the time and did not know until later." B added, "A often said she performed liposuction or filler injections herself with the director. Unlicensed medical practice is a clear violation of medical law." She also revealed, "Another woman who received forehead filler injections from A, not a doctor, directly deposited 200,000 won into A's bank account."

According to messenger photos released by B and others, A told someone presumed to be an acquaintance, "The director asked me to do liposuction so he could eat, so I went in fully dressed, but he suddenly said he would do it himself. So I just left." When the acquaintance asked, "Are you the one doing the liposuction?" A laughed and said, "It's a secret of our clinic. I have done liposuction with the director all this time."

The complainants met at a beauty shop operated by B and underwent rhinoplasty and breast surgery at the clinic at A's recommendation. Some of them suffered from continuous nasal inflammation causing frequent nosebleeds or had to undergo reoperation due to breast surgery complications. In a phone call with Yonhap News, A evaded questions, saying, "I have nothing to say now. I do not want to talk anymore." The police have summoned the three complainants as victims for investigation and plan to summon A soon to verify the facts. The police stated, "We have recently completed questioning the complainants and plan to summon A to investigate whether their claims are true."

Meanwhile, a nursing assistant is a person who assists medical work under the direction, management, and supervision of doctors and nurses. Nursing staff at clinic-level medical institutions can be 100% nursing assistants. Despite the scope of nursing assistants' duties being specified in Article 80-2 of the Medical Service Act, incidents of medical law violations continue to occur. In July 2011, a nursing assistant caused controversy by treating patients in place of a doctor, and in 2014, a nursing assistant was caught performing medical acts such as knee incisions, arthroscopic filming, and cartilage removal surgery 849 times at an orthopedic clinic.

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