Dance in S’pore Expo is Being Investigated for Unauthorized Filming & While It Sounds Harsh, It’s Actually Logical

A week ago, this video went viral:

Which made a lot of people smile, but also caused a huge headache for the medical authorities.

And by headache, I mean that the Woodlands Health Campus (WHC) had to launch an investigation into the unauthorised filming of COVID-19 patients.

When you read that you probably went like what’s the big deal?

But it actually is.

Bigly.

Within Medical Ethical Code To Not Anyhowly Record Patients

In case you weren’t paying attention, that footage is filmed in the Singapore Expo, which is set as a community care facility for COVID-19 patients.

Which means that it’s under the WHC’s responsibility for maintaining patient confidentiality, as there are rules against filming and photography within patient areas.

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“We are conducting an internal investigation into the incident and will continue to reiterate to all staff members that unauthorised filming of any patient-related activity is not allowed,” said WHC.

“We have also ensured that this is clearly communicated at the staff briefings before they start work at the CCF at Singapore Expo. We will also work with our partners at the CCF at Singapore Expo to reiterate this rule to their workers and volunteers.”

Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines by the Singapore Medical Council has a section on “Visual or audio recording of patients” where there are 9 points on the ethics of recording. Just a brief look through the code shows that the viral video might have broken at least half of them:

1. Didn’t obtain consent for footage.
2. Didn’t obtain consent for uploading to the public domain.
3. Didn’t obtain consent for making patients identifiable.
4. Storage and transmission of recording are no longer secure.
5. This footage looks like it might have been made without patient knowledge.

So yes, while it sounds restrictive to investigate such a beautiful video, it’s to protect the patients.

Mass Exercise Sessions Conducted Twice a Day

Previously, the video poster speculated that the patients danced because they were happy about the news that close to 20,000 of infected migrant workers have recovered and probably discharged.

That’s wrong. It made it sound like the dance happened because of random Bollywood happening in real life, but the real reason is just…exercise.

These are mass exercise sessions that last about 15 minutes, conducted twice a day and are completely optional. The patients’ health and breathing conditions are monitored, and oxygen levels are also measured post-exercise.

The response to the sessions has been positive so far.

Not gonna lie though. If the dance did happen because of spontaneous Bollywood takeover, that would be pretty rad.

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