Debate continues over cameras in operating rooms
Posted : 2021-07-01 09:20
Updated : 2021-07-01 09:48
This photo disclosed by the Gyeonggi Provincial Government on Oct. 2, 2019, shows surveillance camera footage of an operating room at the Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center s Ansung Hospital. Courtesy of Gyeonggi Provincial Government
By Lee Hyo-jin
The continuing debate over the need to have surveillance cameras inside hospital operating rooms has resurfaced after a series of alleged medical malpractice cases during surgery made headlines recently.
In May, a hospital in Incheon west of Seoul, specializing in spinal surgery was found to have allegedly allowed administrative staff to perform surgical procedures such as incisions and sutures.
Gyeonggi Governor asks US Congress, UN to support anti-leafleting law
Posted : 2021-01-31 09:41
Updated : 2021-01-31 15:18
Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung speaks about the provincial government s supplementary budget plan for local residents affected by COVID-19 s economic impact during a session at the provincial council, Jan. 25. Courtesy of Gyeonggi Provincial Council
Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung has sent a letter to the United Nations and the U.S. Congress to call for support for a law that South Korea enacted to ban the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets into North Korea, officials said Sunday.
Lee, considered a leading presidential hopeful, said in the letter that the leafleting ban is the minimum measure to protect the lives, safety and properties of the people of Gyeonggi Province that includes regions bordering North Korea.
Posted : 2021-01-31 09:41
Updated : 2021-01-31 15:18
Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung speaks about the provincial government s supplementary budget plan for local residents affected by COVID-19 s economic impact during a session at the provincial council, Jan. 25. Courtesy of Gyeonggi Provincial Council
Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung has sent a letter to the United Nations and the U.S. Congress to call for support for a law that South Korea enacted to ban the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets into North Korea, officials said Sunday.
Lee, considered a leading presidential hopeful, said in the letter that the leafleting ban is the minimum measure to protect the lives, safety and properties of the people of Gyeonggi Province that includes regions bordering North Korea.
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