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A male nursing assistant who molested and filmed female patients who did not wake up from anesthesia after receiving a sleep endoscopy was arrested. So far, only 12 victims have been identified.
This is the report by reporter Jo Yoon-ha.
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is a hospital in Seocho-gu, Seoul.
A 24-year-old man who worked as a nursing assistant at this hospital was arrested and sent to the prosecution.
He is accused of molesting and similarly sexually assaulting women who were sleeping after undergoing a sleep endoscopy.
Jung continued to commit such crimes for half a year from October of last year.
In the sleep endoscopy recovery room, it was investigated that he touched the body parts of female patients dozens of times and filmed the victim lying down with his cell phone.
In fact, as a result of the digital forensic of Jung's cell phone, the police found 37 photos of the victims' bodies.
Only 12 victims have been identified through police investigations.
There are several photos that have not been identified so far because only part of the body was taken, so there is a high possibility that additional victims will appear.
CCTV was installed in the recovery room, but it is said that the hospital did not know about the crime because it was covered by curtains.
During the police investigation, Jung admitted to all the crimes, saying, "I did it out of sexual curiosity."
[Hospital staff: We didn't know at all. I found out because the patient reported that he had an unpleasant feeling. Even when recruiting staff, they are investigating crimes, but I had no idea that
this was the case
.] The
hospital said, "I feel moral responsibility because an unfortunate thing happened."
(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, video editing: Lee Seung-jin)