Only 3 Hospitals Participated in Operating Room CCTV Installation Project...Governor Lee Jae-myung Says "Make It Mandatory by Law"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Only 3 hospitals have applied for Governor Lee Jae-myung's flagship operating room CCTV installation project for hospitals in Gyeonggi Province.

According to Gyeonggi Province, only 1 hospital applied in the supplementary recruitment for the 'Private Hospital Operating Room CCTV Installation Support Project' that closed on the 19th. Including 2 hospitals from the first application period, only 3 hospitals submitted applications.

The province publicly recruited participating medical institutions on the 25th of last month to expand CCTV installation to private healthcare facilities' operating rooms. The project selects 12 private healthcare institutions at the hospital level, with the province providing 30 million won per hospital.

Previously, the province began installing operating room CCTVs at Gyeonggi Province Medical Center, a public healthcare institution. Beginning in September 2018, the province conducted surveys and open forums for the 'Gyeonggi Province Medical Center Operating Room CCTV Pilot Operation' and started a pilot operation at Gyeonggi Province Medical Center's Anseong Hospital on October 1st of that year. In May last year, CCTV installation was completed at all 6 hospitals of Gyeonggi Province Medical Center, including Suwon, Uijeongbu, Paju, Icheon, and Pocheon.

Following this, the province proceeded with this installation support project for private hospitals. However, the first application period resulted in fewer than the target number of participating institutions, and the province reopened recruitment on the 5th. Despite this, only 3 hospitals applied.

Operating room CCTV installation is a project that Governor Lee Jae-myung has been pushing since his inauguration. However, with strong resistance from the medical community regarding CCTVs, installation support alone appears insufficient.

Given this situation, Governor Lee Jae-myung suggested on the 20th through his Twitter that legal enforcement measures should be established, saying, "It's necessary, but since it's not being done voluntarily, it must be made mandatory by law reflecting public consensus. I urge the current National Assembly to enact legislation mandating operating room CCTVs."