A prison sentence and a fine were sentenced to the hospital's representative director, who was found to have performed more than 600 cesarean sections and laparoscopic suture surgeries by a nursing assistant.



The nursing assistant was also sentenced to prison, and the obstetricians and gynecologists were given a suspended sentence.



The 11th Criminal Division of the Ulsan District Court (Presiding Judge Park Hyeon-bae) sentenced Mr. A, the representative director of a hospital in Ulsan, who was handed over to trial on charges of violating the Act on Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Economic Crimes, to 3 years in prison and a fine of 5 million won, and to Mr. B, 2 years in prison It was announced today (3rd) that it was sentenced to three months and a fine of 3 million won.



Another representative director, Mr. C, was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison, 3 years of probation and a fine of 3 million won.



In addition, the nursing assistant D, who performed the proxy surgery, was sentenced to two years and six months in prison and a fine of 3 million won.



Directors and doctors, including Mr. A, were indicted on charges of causing a total of 615 unlicensed medical practices to Mr. D, a nursing assistant, from December 2014 to May 2018.



They performed surgeries such as caesarean section, sutured only the uterus, abdominal wall, and fascia, and then left the room.



The rest of the subcutaneous fat and skin layer were sutured by Mr. D.



After performing unlicensed medical practices like this, they claimed medical benefits from the National Health Insurance Corporation as if the doctors had operated to the end themselves, and won about 880 million won over 584 times.



Separately, Mr. A hired a person who did not even qualify as a nursing assistant as a part-time student and ordered him to enter the operating room to deliver surgical tools or to thread a suture thread into a needle.



The judge explained the reason for the sentence, saying, "At this hospital, nurse assistants or nurses performed suture surgery 622 times over a period of 3 years and 6 months."



(Photo = Provided by Ulsan Police Agency, Yonhap News)