The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission conducted a public opinion survey on the subject of 'Is there a need for a law to mandate the installation of closed circuit televisions (CCTVs) in hospital operating rooms?' The majority of respondents said in favor.
The ACRC conducted a survey through 'People Thinking', the online policy participation window of the ACRC from the 31st of last month to the 13th of this month. , and 292 people, or 2.1%, said they opposed it.
Respondents in favor cited the need for collecting evidence of medical accidents, monitoring illegal acts such as proxy surgery and sexual harassment, improving the behavior of medical staff and protecting patients' human rights as the main reasons.
Dissenting respondents cited concerns about patient information leakage, possible violations of human rights of medical personnel, and avoidance of passive or difficult surgery.
The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission also said that as a result of requesting a survey on the same subject from four opinion polling organizations, including Korea Research, 82% were in favor of the legislation, 13% opposed it, and 5% did not know or did not respond.
The survey by a public opinion polling agency was conducted on 1,06 adults nationwide between the 21st and the 23rd, and the ACRC explained that the sampling error was ±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.