2024-02-11 12:49:51
Doctors’ groups are preparing collective actions such as a ‘general strike’ in opposition to the government’s expansion of medical school admissions quota. yunhap news
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) is taking full-scale collective action against the expansion of medical school admissions quota led by the Yoon Seok-yeol government.
According to the Korean Medical Association on the 11th, the National Provincial Medical Association under the Korean Medical Association plans to hold a rally on the 15th to oppose the ‘increase in medical schools.’
Previously, the Korean Medical Association held an extraordinary general meeting of delegates on the 7th and decided to switch to the emergency response committee system headed by Kim Taek-woo, president of the Gangwon Provincial Medical Association.
Following the rally on the 15th, the first collective action after the emergency transition, it is reported that plans are being considered to hold a national doctor’s representative meeting in Seoul on the 17th.
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Along with the Korean Medical Association, emergency medicine specialists are also showing signs of participating.
The Korean Emergency Medicine Association formed an emergency committee on this day.
They urged the government to “no longer try to punish doctors strongly and resolutely, as if they were rounding up criminals,” and “recognize them as experts in public health and healthcare and engage in dialogue and cooperation.”
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