If you have been in the the operating room before, have you ever wondered what could happen inside? Perhaps the attending surgeon could be replaced by another, less experienced one (ghost surgeries).

Or perhaps a huge medical mistake could take place, and the hospital - trying to cover it up - refuses to take responsibility.

That is the underlying reason for a recent push by South Korea's ruling party, Moon Jae-In's Democratic Party of Korea, to allow for security cameras in operating theatres.

This would eliminate the possibility of such procedures happening - ideally leading to safer procedures for everyone and to protect patient's rights.

What do you think about this? Here is an excerpt of an article from The Korea Herald!

Debate has resurfaced over the need for surveillance cameras in hospital operating rooms, with strong support from the ruling party for the mandatory use of cameras to protect the rights of patients.

Rep. Kim Nam-kuk of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea and 12 other lawmakers submitted a bill on July 9 that would obligate hospitals to deploy security camera systems inside operating theaters in a bid to prevent medical mistakes, ghost surgeries by underqualified or untrained hospital staff, and sexual assaults on patients under anesthetic.

According to a poll conducted by Realmeter on 500 people aged 18 years or over nationwide, it found that 73.8 percent of respondents favor security cameras in operating rooms.

The survey results, released July 23, showed that 10.9 percent opposed it because of possible infringements of privacy and interruption of medical activities.

The current operating room rules and system create an imbalance in information between surgeons and patients, Rep. Kim argues.

Patients are unconscious while under anesthesia, and no one else is allowed to enter the operating room to support or advocate for them, making it difficult to prove medical error or malpractice.

Under the bill, medical institutions and health care providers would have to record medical procedures upon the request of a patient or a patient’s guardian. The request could not be refused without reasonable cause.

Debate over the issue is not new. It is the third time that the Democratic Party has pushed for a similar bill to become law. Two previous bills were discarded during the 19th and 20th National Assemblies.

In South Korea, interrogation rooms at police stations and prosecutors’ offices, as well as child care centers, must be equipped with security cameras by law.

What do YOU think about this law, and should it be implented in Singapore?

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