Key Activities The Commission found that in February the petitionee relied only on a questionnaire and an ocular inspection by a nurse aide, and not by a medical professional, to determine the condition of the petitioner who just had a femoral fracture, and failed to take appropriate medical actions for three days. It concluded that this is a violation of the duty of care to protect and treat ailments of senior patients, and an infringement upon the victim’s right to health and the freedom of action. The Commission also found that the use of CCTVs in the community area and placing monitors in an open area for people to see, thereby publicly exposing the genitals of the victim and of other seniors, is an infringement upon the human dignity, value, and privacy and freedom of the residents. The center and the city government of the jurisdiction accepted the Commission’s recommendations. Human rights violation caused by involuntary discharge and hospitalization between mental hospitals On October 7, the Commission reported the director, staff, and doctors of Hospital A to the prosecution. The head admin officer of Mental Hospital A took a patient just discharged from Mental Hospital B by ambulance and re-hospitalized him in Hospital A though there was no hospitalization request, the director of Hospital A locked up the victim and faked the signature of the person who has protective custody of the victim, and a doctor of Hospital A instructed that the patient be isolated because the latter refused to consent to admission. The Commission also recommended the Minister of Health and Welfare, Mayor of Seoul, and Mayor of Incheon to closely monitor transfers or movements of patients from one mental hospital to another immediately upon their discharge without informing them or obtaining their consent. It also recommended that measures be taken to prevent hospitals from inducing patients to voluntary or consented hospitalization when the patients don’t have the ability to understand what hospitalization means or they do not want to be hospitalized. Unjustified violation of personal information in a senior nursing home On October 17, the Commission recommended the director of a nursing home to get human rights education from an external specialist to improve the awareness of the petitionees and other staff members. 86