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Case 1

The clinical oncology department was busy with a lot of patients, as usual. After treating a female breast cancer patient, the radiographer in-charge instructed the patient to get off the couch and to get dressed. As there was a long queue waiting outside, the radiographers went to the control room to prepare the next case and left the female patient alone in the treatment room. Although there is a CCTV in the control room, which allows the radiographers to monitor the patient inside, the radiographers cannot immediately help any patient if an accident occurs.

In order to save time, the radiographer called the next patient and asked him to wait in the corridor. However, this patient misunderstood the instructions and entered the treatment room. The female patient inside shouted out as she had not dressed completely, which resulted in both patients feeling embarrassed.