A method for monitoring a patient (22a) within a medical monitoring area (100) by means of a monitoring system (200) with a depth camera device (210). The method includes the following steps:generating a point cloud (30) of the monitoring area (100) with the monitoring system (200)；analyzing the point cloud (30) for detecting predefined objects (20), especially persons (22)；determining a location of at least one detected object (20) in the monitoring area (100)； andcomparing the determined location of the at least one detected object (20) with at least one predefined value (40) for the location of this detected object (20).
