The head of the plastic surgery department who left a patient undergoing plastic surgery to die despite showing signs of excessive bleeding was sentenced to prison in the second trial.
Seoul Central District Court
9th Criminal Appeal Division
was sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 5 million won, however,
Jang
escaped the court's arrest by choosing not to execute the sentence until the court's verdict is finalized and to remain on bail. Ms. Lee, a fellow doctor, was sentenced to 2 years in prison with 3 years of probation and a fine of 5 million won, and Shin was
sentenced
to 10 months in prison with 2 years of probation and a fine of 10 million won.
He pointed out that “the medical staff could not focus on one patient.”
Because of this system, they could not closely monitor the occurrence of excessive bleeding, and they missed the opportunity to take measures such as surgery or the entire hospital, and the patient died. Jang was handed over to trial in 2019 on charges of causing Kwon to die of excessive bleeding because
he
failed to observe and follow-up properly during the operation in September 2016.
Kwon's mother, Na-geum, was sentenced Shortly after, he said, "It is a judgment that gives 'inside whistleblowers' courage about criminal acts that take place in closed spaces such as operating rooms."
However, he said, "I would not have been able to come this far without CCTV in the operating room," he said.
Mr. Lee has been holding a one-man protest for more than 100 days in front of the Seoul Court Complex saying that his son died due to so-called 'ghost replacement surgery' by medical staff.
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