<Anchor>



Two years ago, the so-called'Lim Sewon Act' is being implemented as a result of the case where the late Professor Lim Se-won died from a weapon wounded by a patient he was treating. Is still a serious level.



Reporter Han Ji-yeon reports.



<Reporter> In the



emergency room of a university hospital in Seoul, an emergency medical technician who was looking at the patient's condition is hit by the patient's kick, hits the abdomen and collides against the wall.



[Lee Myung-Hyun/Damaged Emergency Medical Technician: There are many cases in my dreams, and the situation at that time continues to linger in front of my eyes, or at that time I hear the sound or the screaming sound...

.]




Intoxicated patients may riot, swing their fists, or kick in their underwear.



[Yeon Jeong-jae/Seoul National University Hospital Security Officer: People who are drunk are not aware of that (Lim Sewon Act) at all, and they seem to be acting the same way as before.]



The so-called Im Se-won Act passed in April last year

.

Has been in effect since the end of last month after a six-month grace period, but according to law, medical institutions with security personnel or emergency alarms installed are less than half of the obligations.



Violence in the medical field continued, but over 2,000 cases of medical disruption such as violence occurred in hospitals last year were reported.



[Officials from the Korean Medical Association: 90% of respondents say that they have experienced violence, violent abuse, or something like that, but because they do not report all of them (the statistics do not catch all of them)] In



particular, disturbing acts such as assault occurring in the emergency room of the National University Hospital Has more than doubled over the past five years to nearly 700 last year.



[Gimbyeonguk / the national forces legislators (Parliament Board of Education): The violence that occurs in the emergency room is required, as well as staff practical measures and supported by the great crime that threatens the life and safety of other patients]



in the field, with its own budget, security personnel and He points out that there is also a need for realistic assistance for small hospitals where it is difficult to equip emergency alarms.



(Video editing: Kim Jong-woo, VJ: Shin So-young)