"Administering Psychotropic Drugs Without Prescription for Patients Who Couldn't Sleep"... 20 Including Nursing Hospital Director Referred to Prosecution

A hospital director, nurses, and others who repeatedly administered psychotropic drugs to patients at a nursing hospital without a doctor's prescription have been referred to the prosecution.
The Seoul Jongam Police Station announced today (June 30) that it has referred 20 individuals, including the director of a nursing hospital in its jurisdiction, an on-duty night doctor, and nurses, to the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act and the Medical Service Act.
They are accused of arbitrarily administering psychotropic drugs without a doctor's prescription when patients could not sleep or were shouting.
The investigation revealed that the drugs administered were either prescription medications brought in by newly admitted patients or leftover drugs from patients who had passed away.
Instead of returning or disposing of these drugs according to standard procedures, they kept them separately and used them for their illicit activities.
The police believe that the hospital director and the head of the nursing department attempted to cover up the acts systematically by ordering staff not to record the administration of the drugs in medical or nursing records, in preparation for the nursing hospital adequacy assessment by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.
(Photo: Provided by Seoul Jongam Police Station, Yonhap News)
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