2024-05-02 15:27:44
New president of Korean Medical Association takes ‘hard line’ at inauguration ceremony.
The 2nd Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, etc. is expressed by “Sipsangsi”
“We need to clean it up quickly so we can have a full-fledged conversation.”
Discussion regarding participation in the “board group” with a representative of the main
“One day per week closure” extends to professors at medical schools across the country
▲ President of the Korean Medical Association speaking
Lim Hyun-taek (left), president of the Korean Medical Association, speaks at the inauguration ceremony held on the 2nd at the Korean Medical Association in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. News 1 Although the number of medical students for the 2025 school year has been reduced from the government’s original target of 2,000 to around 1,500, the medical community’s fight to block the increase is intensifying. Lim Hyun-taek, president of the Korean Medical Association (KMA), said during his inauguration on the 2nd: “I will review unreasonable policies such as increasing the number of medical students by 2,000,” and teachers from Seoul Asan and Seoul St. Mary Hospital also decided to take a three-day break, “Note 1”. There are signs that the “Sunday” closure will extend. A fierce showdown between medical schools is expected before the Korea Council for University Education finalizes the number of medical students for next year submitted by each university at the end of this month.
President Lim, considered an “ultra-hardliner”, said at the inauguration ceremony that day: “The Korean Medical Association will present scientific evidence to make people understand how wrong government policy is and pathetic”, and added: “Today be the beginning of the correction of medical and educational abuse.” He said: “The government wants us to fall into conflict and be divided”, and added: “Please, dear members, join forces “With the mighty power we have gathered, we will devote all our abilities to the promotion of rights and interests,” he said.
This is interpreted as a remark addressed to Park Dan, the representative of the Korean Association of Resident Doctors (Daejeon Association), who predicted “independent action.” The day before, CEO Park announced that he would not participate in the “pan-medical advisory body” proposed by President Lim. In a phone call with the Seoul Shinmun, President Lim said, “The pan-medical community advisory body is intended to reflect more diverse voices by bringing together residents, medical students and faculty from the medical schools in a bigger bowl,” and added, “We will discuss (participation issues) in more detail with Rep. Park.” The plan appears to be to raise the weight class as a “one team” in the medical field and create a conversation structure beneficial to doctors. The day before, President Lim had said on MBC radio: “I think this situation should be resolved before the quota of medical schools of each university is announced (confirmed) at the end of May,” and said reiterated its determination to return the increase before the final. confirmation ▲ Minister of Social Affairs in difficulty.
Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Gyu-hong, who attended the ministerial meeting on government affairs held on the 2nd at the Seoul Government Complex, touches his head as if he has a headache. News 1 However, if the residents’ group ultimately refuses to participate despite President Lim’s persuasive efforts, it might become difficult to exert influence. Rep. Park is ex-officio political director of the 42nd Executive Branch of the Korean Medical Association, but she did not attend the inauguration ceremony. It appears that he did not inform the Korean Medical Association of the reason for his absence.
Even if a consultative body is formed, it seems difficult to initiate a dialogue in the direction desired by the government. In the phone call, President Lim called Second Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Park Min-soo and presidential office staff “sipsangsi” (traitors who manipulated presidential affairs). State) and said: “I believe that a large-scale dialogue will only be possible if the sipsangshi are quickly put aside. “(Having a one-on-one conversation) does not mean that I will talk to Vice Minister Park at all,” he said. Regarding the court’s request for the government to submit evidence in favor of the expansion of medical colleges, he said: “Because the expansion was carried out without any basis, the government will not be able to provide evidence evidence” and “The expansion of medical schools will not be confirmed. “If the court makes the right decision, city leaders must take strict responsibility and resign en masse,” he said. This can be interpreted as an intention to reverse the situation by abolishing the troop increase based on the decision of the judiciary to examine the basis of the “increase of 2,000 troops”. To summarize President Lim’s remarks, the scenario in which the government sits down with the medical community with an all-white flag raised seems closer to the “one-to-one dialogue” envisioned by the Korean Medical Association.
Medical school professors should extend their break to once a week. The National Emergency Response Committee of Medical University Professors recently held a general meeting and decided to discuss the closure period once more if the government announces an increase in the number of medical schools. When Seoul National University and Severance Hospital were closed on the 30th of last month, the volume of outpatient treatment decreased by up to 35 percent.
Journalists Sejong Lee Hyun-jeong and Seoul Yoo Seung-hyuk
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