A woman in her twenties received medical treatment while taking an X-ray in a large hospital, and after that, a report came in that she received an absurd text from a radiologist. The patient’s personal information was stolen and accessed as a’friend’. It was a violation of the law, but the hospital tried to pass it over as if it were nothing.
Reporter Ho-Geon Lee covered it.
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It is a large hospital operated by the Labor Welfare Corporation.
At the end of last month, 22-year-old A had a chest X-ray here and received an absurd text message that night.
A man who introduced himself as’a radiologist who took an x-ray’ asked’Do you have a boyfriend?’
[A 씨/피해자 : 컴퓨터 화면에 흉부 사진 다 나오는데 되게 기분 나빴죠. 너무 걱정되는 거예요. 그 사람이 일단 제 개인정보 접근했으니까 마음먹으면 집 찾아올 수도 있는 거고.]
I protested the hospital the next day,
[A 씨-병원 측 통화 : (아유 죄송합니다.) 이게 그냥 웃고 넘어갈 문제가 아니라 환자 차트를 본 거잖아요.]
If you are unsure, change your phone number,
[A 씨-병원 측 통화 : 제 번호를 바꾸는 방향으로 가라 이런 말씀이신가요? (직원이 알기 때문에 불안하시면 혹시 바꿀 의사가 있으면.)]
They only showed an attitude to quietly pass over.
[A 씨/피해자 : 그냥 원래 이런 일이 좀 흔하고 귀엽게 봐달라는 듯이 이렇게 하시는 태도가 되게 불쾌했어요.]
Using personal information for other purposes without patient consent may result in legal penalties.
Last year, a doctor in a hospital in Daejeon was fired after it was revealed that he sent a private message to a female patient by looking at medical records.
[신병재/변호사 : 개인정보보호법 위반이나 의료법 위반 책임 물을 수 있고, 개인정보보호법 위반되는 경우엔 5년 이하 징역 또는 벌금 5천만 원 이하에 처하도록 되어 있습니다.]
The hospital said, contrary to the intention, that the response was inadequate, and blocked access to the medical records of the radiologist and said that it would take personnel action as soon as the investigation is complete.
(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok and Hong Jong-soo, video editing: Jeon Min-gyu)