South Korean lawmakers to vote on cameras in operating rooms after surgery deaths

Lee Na-geum, whose son Kwon Dae-hee died after undergoing jawline plastic surgery on September 8, 2016, looks at her son's photos during an interview with Reuters at her home in Seoul, South Korea, August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean lawmakers will vote as early as Monday on whether to require hospitals to place surveillance cameras in operating rooms after a series of medical accidents involving unqualified staff who stood in for surgeons.

If the bill is approved by parliament, South Korea will be the first developed country to require closed-circuit cameras to record surgical procedures.