Surveillance cameras in operating rooms will be mandatory from the 25th...Doctors push back: South Korea

In South Korea, a revised medical law that requires the installation of surveillance cameras in operating rooms went into effect on the 25th. However, doctors have opposed the move, citing violations of human rights and privacy.
The department is reportedly considering closing the operating room. On the 25th, the Korean Medical Association in South Korea announced the results of a survey of 1,267 members. Under these circumstances, the installation of surveillance cameras has become mandatory.
44.3% of doctors answered that they would close their operating rooms if The survey was conducted for 10 days from September 8th to 18th of the same month.
If the installation of surveillance cameras were made mandatory, 843 (49.5%) surgical doctors and 424 (68.2%) non-surgical doctors would close the operating room.
I answered. Many doctors appear to view the implementation of this law as a serious problem. The reason for opposing the law (multiple answers allowed) was human rights violations such as labor surveillance of medical staff (51.9%)
, occurrence of recognition of potential criminals by medical personnel (49.2%), cause of clinical atrophy and passive medical treatment (44.5%), possibility of unnecessary litigation and medical disputes (42.4%), patient sensitivity Individual
Among the reasons cited were personal information leakage (37.6%), surgeon avoidance (33.9%), reduced concentration during surgery (29.8%), and rising medical costs due to increases in various costs (1.2%).
Alternatives to operating room surveillance cameras chosen by doctors include promoting stronger penalties for surrogate surgeries (64%), installing surveillance cameras at the entrance to operating rooms (39.8%), and requiring consent forms to prevent surrogate surgeries (39.2%).
%), activating self-purification (20.5%), strengthening ethical education (19.6%), biometric authentication when entering and exiting the operating room (18%), and other (1.6%).
The medical association warned, ``Closing operating rooms could lead to medical collapse.''