Doctor Injects Medical Narcotics, Illegally Films Sleeping Woman

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Fourteen people, including doctors and drug users, have been apprehended by police on charges of illegally administering and using medical narcotics. One of the doctors was arrested on charges of illegally filming a woman dozens of times after she fell asleep under the influence of drugs.

Reporter Cho Min-ki has the details.

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Police officers enter a hospital in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul, and after presenting a search warrant, thoroughly search the doctor's car trunk and the inside of the doors.

Fourteen people, including the hospital's doctor, administrative manager, and drug users, have been caught by police on charges of illegally administering medical narcotics.

Two arrested doctors are accused of illegally administering medical narcotics, such as propofol and ketamine, 182 times over a two-year period starting in 2021.

It was found that they also issued prescriptions to users who visited the hospital under the pretext of cosmetic procedures, charging prices reaching about 32 times the original cost.

The illegal administration mostly took place in single rooms during late hours after hospital operation times or on holidays when the hospital was closed. It was also revealed that one of the arrested doctors illegally filmed a user who fell asleep under the influence of drugs 27 times, leading to his recent arrest.

Among the illegal users, there were cases where someone paid 13.5 million won in a single day, or paid approximately 250 million won across 64 occasions over 11 months.

Police stated that the criminal proceeds earned by the doctors amounted to 457 million won.

[Interview / Kang Seon-bong / Head of Narcotics Crime Investigation Unit 1, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency: To evade narcotics monitoring networks and maintain the user's sleep state for a long time, the sleep anesthetics dexmedetomidine and etomidate were administered in combination with existing narcotics.]

Police have forwarded all 14 apprehended individuals to the prosecution and requested the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety to review the designation of dexmedetomidine as a narcotic, in addition to etomidate, which was already designated as a narcotic last February.

(Photo courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency)
(Video by Bae Moon-san and Lee Sang-hak | Video editing by Lee Hong-myeong | Design by Han Heung-su)
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