Recently, a comprehensive suspension of clinics broke out in South Korea's medical community, and the confrontation with the government over medical reform measures continues to ferment.
According to CCTV News, on the 18th local time, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue stated that the Korean Medical Association held a collective suspension of clinics that day and said that the illegal behavior of abandoning patients must be dealt with seriously.
South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue Data map
html On June 9, the Korean Medical Association held a national meeting of physician representatives. In order to continue to protest against the government’s implementation of medical reforms, it planned to suspend all clinics on the 18th. In response, the South Korean government stated that it would respond seriously and hoped that the medical community would withdraw its plan to suspend medical treatment.Subsequently, the Medical Association made three major demands to the government and stated that if the government accepts them, the Medical Association will vote on the 17th to decide whether to suspend the collective suspension of clinics scheduled for the 18th. The above three major requirements include re-examining the expansion of medical school enrollment, revising and improving the basic medical policy package, and canceling all administrative orders and measures for intern residents and medical students.
However, the attitude of the South Korean government has not softened. According to the South Korean government and the medical community on the 17th, South Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare recently issued an order prohibiting collective actions and prohibiting instigating collective actions to 17 people including Lim Hyun-taek, president of the Korean Medical Association.
On the same day, the Emergency Response Committee of Seoul National University School of Medicine and Seoul National University Hospital held a press conference and announced the indefinite suspension of clinics.
The Korean Medical Association also announced that on the 18th, a comprehensive medical suspension will be held with the participation of all members of the medical association, including medical university professors, working doctors, and doctors who have opened individual medical institutions, and a national doctor mobilization meeting will be held in Yeouido, Seoul.
At the same time, the government is also looking for countermeasures.
Information picture of South Korean Prime Minister Han Deok-soo
"Doctors' collective suspension of clinics will not only bring pain to the entire society, but also destroy the trust accumulated by doctors and patients for decades. It is difficult for the government to accept the idea of abolishing the policy of expanding enrollment in medical schools." In response to South Korea's medical On the 16th local time, South Korean Prime Minister Han Deok-soo presided over a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters in response to the collective actions of doctors at the Seoul Government Office Building on the 16th local time, and announced that the government would launch an emergency plan on the 17th to implement emergency rotations for patients with severe diseases. duty system to reduce the negative impact of medical vacancies.
In addition, medical institutions in the four regions of South Korea's Capital Region, Chungcheong Province, Jeolla Province, and Gyeongsang Province will formulate scheduling plans to ensure that at least one institution in each region is on duty every day to be responsible for emergency treatment.
(Governor of Chang’an Street)
