VU hospital uses its patients for a reality show
The medical centre at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has been accused of breaking patient confidentiality by allowing a television production company to record patients in the emergency room, reports DutchNews.nl.
The VU medical centre risked its reputation to create of a new reality TV program for RTL. The hospital had crosed the (ethical) border 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 emergency room while filming was taking place, and only about 150 gave permission to be filmed. According to Nieuwsuur, some patients did not know they were being filmed and were asked for permission to broadcast the material only after they had been treated . This went against the agreement made between the hospital and Eyeworks.
The programme, for RTL, will be broadcasted in March.
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