From the what-were-they-thinking dept.:
The VU university’s teaching hospital has been accused of breaking patient confidentiality by allowing a television production company to record patients being treated at its accident and emergency department.
Medical law professor Johan Legemaate and medical ethics expert Erwin Kompanje told television show Nieuwsuur on Wednesday night the hospital had broken the rules by allowing Eyeworks to install 35 remote-controlled cameras to record activity in the department over a two-week period.
In total 1,500 people visited the A&E department while filming was taking place, and some 150 gave permission for Eyeworks to film them.
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