It has been confirmed that

"I have seen a senseless medical practice of spewing cigarette smoke into a patient's face ."

The fine was 80,000 won.




According to a media report today (23rd), the director of an internal medicine clinic in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do smoked an electronic cigarette while performing a gastroscopy examination of a sleeping patient.



According to the video released by the informant, the director held an endoscope in his left hand and an electronic cigarette in his right hand during the endoscopy, and inhaled and exhaled the electronic cigarette deeply in the middle.



There were also moments when the distance between the patient's face and the e-cigarette was only a span.




The video was filmed in March last year by informant A, an employee who performed endoscopy on the patient with the hospital director at the time, and recently delivered to the health authorities and the media.



According to Mr. A, this was not the first time the director smoked in the hospital room.



Person A said, "I continued to witness the director smoking for a year while working at the hospital. A senseless medical practice occurred in which cigarette smoke was spewing into the patient's face through the director's breathing. It could have an impact,” he said.



He also claimed, "I heard that the director's ward had been smoking for a long time before I started working.



In response to this ex-employee's exposure, the director admitted that he smoked in the hospital room and said that it was wrong to act unethical.



The director explained, "I smoked an e-cigarette to quit smoking." "Anyway, it was wrong to smoke.



Regarding the point that smoking in the ward has been around for a long time, he said, "I hardly ever smoked an e-cigarette before. The main reason for using an e-cigarette was that I had a disagreement with Mr. A for several months at work." I objected that I didn't smoke.



According to the current medical law, there are no penalties for smoking and drinking among medical practices, so the director was fined 80,000 won on the 15th for smoking in a non-smoking building.



Reporter A reported the matter to Seongnam City Hall the day before, saying that the punishment is weaker than the unethical behavior of doctors.