South Korean hospital hit for forcing nurses to dance
Nurses claim they were forced to wear revealing clothing and make seductive gestures at a company event
By You Soo-sun
A private hospital in South Korea came under fire after its nurses claimed they were forced to put on a sexually suggestive dance performance at a company event.
Nurses at the Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University claimed they were forced to dance in front of around 1,000 co-workers and hospital officials during an annual sports competition in October.
During the performance, they were allegedly forced to wear cleavage-revealing tops and short pants.
The hospital is run by the Il-song Foundation, which owns three universities and seven hospitals across the country.
A surge of allegations have been made against some of its branches on social media and to a non-profit legal consultation group.
“Those forced to dance are usually the newly-hired nurses, who are unable to refuse such orders. We are forced to dance in front of high-ranking officials of the firm who sit side-by-side at a long table,” one nurse wrote on social media, Friday.