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Starting September 25, hospitals in Korea will be required to install surveillance cameras in operating rooms and record surgical procedures when patients are anesthetized or unconscious and also in cases where the patient or the guardian requested.
According to the Ministry of Health, this amended Medical Services Law (passed from 2021) requires hospitals to store recorded image data for at least 30 days.
Violators will face fines of up to 5 million won (3.741 USD). According to Yonhap, the above regulations are intended to protect patients from potential medical malpractice.
However, doctors' associations oppose the amended law, arguing that this unprecedented regulation violates patients' personal rights and seriously damages trust between doctors and patients. Doctors as potential criminals.
