2024-03-26 01:30:00
President Yoon Seok-yeol is presiding over a cabinet meeting held at the Presidential Office Building in Yongsan, Seoul on the 26th. /Newsis
President Yoon Seok-yeol said on the 26th, “I hope medical school faculty and other medical professionals will actively engage in dialogue with the government for medical reform,” and added, “Please persuade my students and residents to return as soon as possible.”
President Yoon said this at a cabinet meeting presided over at the Yongsan Presidential Office that day, saying, “Some medical school professors began submitting their resignations yesterday.”
President Yoon said he would discuss specific implementation plans for medical reform by involving experts from all walks of life, including the medical community, in the Presidential Special Committee on Medical Reform, which will be launched in April.
President Yoon has been emphasizing ‘communication’ with the medical community for the third day. On the 24th, President Yoon asked Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, “Please form a constructive consultative body with medical professionals and promote dialogue,” and on the 25th, he asked, “Please communicate more closely with all sectors of society, including the medical community.”
Addressing the public on this day, President Yoon said, “I would like to thank you for trusting and supporting the government’s medical reform, even if it is inconvenient,” and added, “I will examine medical treatment measures more closely to minimize the people’s inconvenience.”
President Yoon once more emphasized the legitimacy of the government’s plan to expand the number of medical school students by 2,000.
President Yoon referred to the distribution of medical school seats by university for the 2025 school year, which was completed on the 20th, and said, “With the size of medical school increase confirmed for each university, the minimum necessary conditions for medical reform have been created.”
He went on to say, “The increased quota of 2,000 students was allocated to non-metropolitan areas, including regional base national medical universities, and the foundation for strengthening essential medical care in the region was laid by increasing the number of students at small medical schools.”
President Yoon said, “The government will use this increase in medical schools as a catalyst to foster competent regional hospitals,” and added, “We will create a structure where local residents trust and use local hospitals, and we will definitely build a regionally complete essential medical system.” did.
Regarding concerns that the quality of medical education will deteriorate due to the increase in medical schools, President Yoon said, “Based on the results of the demand survey for each university, we will prepare a ‘plan to improve medical education conditions’ in April.”
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