SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of allegedly shady medical practices has renewed a debate on whether it should be mandatory for hospitals to install surveillance cameras in operating rooms. The idea has gained strong traction among patients’ groups that view the cameras as a safeguard against dishonest and sometimes lethal medical practices, [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Pickpocketing is disappearing in South Korea with a dwindling use of cash, transaction records, and an increasing number of crime prevention cameras. The National Police Agency reported 2,378 cases of pickpocketing in 2011, which plunged down to 535 cases by 2019. As more people are using credit cards instead [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid raging opposition from medical institutions against installing closed-circuit television cameras in operating rooms, some hospitals and clinics are stepping up to install CCTV cameras in order to regain trust from patients. Recently, plastic surgery and orthopedic hospitals have reportedly been installing CCTV cameras in operating rooms. Himchan Hospital, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — New CCTV cameras and surveillance system are capable of detecting fires, break-ins, and school violence. The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) conducted a joint demonstration project with the Ministry of Science and ICT to verify CCTV capabilities in monitoring various disasters and school safety. In the field of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid ongoing controversy over the mandatory installation of surveillance cameras in hospital operating rooms to prevent medical malpractice, a local plastic surgery hospital is drawing attention as it has taken measures to enable real-time monitoring of surgical operations. BK Plastic Surgery Hospital in Seoul announced on Monday that it [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will apply Internet of Things (IoT) technology to “green parking,” parking spaces created by tearing down residential walls. Through this initiative, the city plans to expand real-time parking sharing services so that individuals can share empty parking places and gain additional income. The green [...]
SUWON, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly two thirds of hospital patients at the Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center (GPMC) have agreed to have their surgical procedures recorded using closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras. According to statistics released by Gyeonggi Province, out of 4,239 surgeries performed at six hospitals operating under the GPMC between October 2018 and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Seocho District in Seoul will introduce artificial intelligence (AI) CCTV technology, which uses criminal statistics information to predict possible crimes, as early as July. The district said Thursday that it is developing related technologies with the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), and will apply the technology to some [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Doctors and patients are locked in a fierce debate over the issue of installing closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) in operating rooms. A petition on the Blue House website posted by the family of the late Kwon Dae-hee, a patient who died during surgery due to blood loss, has requested the [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy is heating up over the pros and cons of installing closed-circuit television (CCTV) in operating rooms as a bill requiring the installation of CCTV cameras in operating rooms was scrapped a day after it was proposed. The medical community is at odds with the position of patient advocacy [...]