介绍:
A series of photos showing doctors taking group selfies during an operation have triggered public anger on the internet.
The photos show the doctors smiling and posing in front of an unconscious patient lying on the operating table.
So far local health authorities in northwest China's Shaanxi Province have given harsh punishment to the hospital as well as to the doctors concerned.
(QD) Yu Yunfeng says on bjnews.com.cn,
I don't think these doctors take their work seriously enough. If it was their relative who was lying on the operation table at that time, would they still smile so happily and take selfies while the operation was still going on?
(JA) David XH raises his question on weibo.com,
Here I have a question. Operation theatre should be a sterile place, right? Why these doctors could bring camera into it? Was the camera also sterile? Or there was a dereliction of duty in the process? And where's is the patient's privacy when such a photo was taken? As far as I know, that hospital is a private one. Is it qualified enough for such an operation at all?
(LY) Luo Lizhi says on news.sina.com.cn,
No wonder nowadays the relations between doctors and patients are so tense. If I was a family member of that patient on the operation table and saw the photos showing doctors taking a happy group selfies during his operation, I would be rather angry too! Irresponsible doctors!
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Notes:
-- Three of the doctors shown in the photos have had their administrative posts removed and the others given administrative warnings by local health authorities.
--According to the investigation, the photos were taken on August 15 and was posted by another doctor on his weibo account.
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(QD) Zhi Feng points out on opinion.people.com.cn,
Actually the public took the photos for granted in this case. According to what was just revealed by the media, the operation had come to an end when the photos were taken. And it was the last time that operation theatre was used, which would be abandoned after the operation with all the equipment being moved into a new building. The doctors took the photos as a keepsake of the last surgery held in the old theatre. It's totally understandable. Why the public cannot think further into the reasons behind it?
(LY) Liu Chengxi says on ifeng.com,
As far as I know, the camera used for taking photos belonged to the operation theatre. Usually doctors take photos of the body parts being operated as a way to collect research data. It's allowed and totally reasonable. The problem here is, these professional photos which should have been kept inside the hospital were put onto the internet by someone. I think the problem here didn't lie in those doctors. It was the fault of that person who first put them on the internet. It's him that deserved harsh punishments.
(JA) Chen Fang adds on jinghua.cn,
According to doctors at present in the photos, it was a really difficult operation, but they completed it perfectly. They felt very happy by the end of the operation and took group selfies together. What's wrong with it? Doctors are also human beings, who also have their feelings. At the moment when we're very happy, we also take selfies as a way of celebration and as a souvenir. Why cannot doctors do that?
