[헬스코리아뉴스 / 유지인] “Professors are resigning. Medical school professors are the people who are at the forefront of our country’s medical care, fighting diseases and protecting patients. The government needs to know how heavy a decision it is for these people to decide to leave the hospital. “Now, in May, we will experience a Republic of Korea we have never experienced before.”
The Emergency Response Committee of the Korean Medical Association expressed deep concern about the miserable medical situation that will occur in the future in Korea, saying that the government’s policy to increase the number of medical schools is “like cutting off the roots of a tree, which would otherwise be done by trimming the branches of a tree.” As Korea’s representative medical group, it is interpreted as a final warning or advice to the government.
According to the forecast released by the Korean Medical Association Emergency Committee on the 24th, if the government continues its policy of increasing the number of medical schools, 18,000 medical students at 40 medical schools across the country will disappear for a year. In addition, about 12,000 residents at teaching hospitals across the country who have already submitted their resignation will not be able to return. As of now, there is no way to predict when the residents who left will return. The number of residents who have given up their training and will not return to teaching hospitals is increasing. Teaching hospitals that have lost their focus on medical residents have no choice but to maintain a reduced form of treatment with replacement staff. In the process, there is a risk that some hospitals will go bankrupt and go bankrupt. Damage to related industries is also expected to become visible.
The Medical Association Emergency Committee said, “If things go as planned by the government, medical schools across the country will have to begin first-year education for 8,000 medical students in 2025. “They study in an absurd educational environment for six years,” he said. “In the meantime, there are universities where students cannot apply to the national medical examination because they have not passed the medical school accreditation evaluation, which leads to a decrease, not an increase, in the number of doctors. “It will happen,” he claimed.
The emergency committee continued, “We will not be able to produce new doctors in 2025,” and “This means we will not be able to allocate even the minimum number of people to become public health doctors.” “If the public health workforce, which has already been reduced, is further reduced, even the minimum manpower that has been supporting local and public health services, which are still insufficient, will not be supplied,” he explained.
He emphasized, “This is the actual situation that will appear as a result of the government’s current unreasonable policy of increasing the number of people who talked about essential medical care, local medical care, and public medical care.”
The emergency committee was concerned that the patient’s pain would further aggravate. The emergency committee said, “There is no need to mention the difficulties of patients suffering from severe and incurable diseases.” He added, “The government’s efforts to solve the difficulties of these people are necessary, but it is necessary to trim the branches of the tree. “We should not end up cutting down tree roots together,” he warned.
The emergency committee also criticized the government for dispatching public health doctors and military doctors in charge of local medical care to university hospitals. The emergency committee said, “Currently, medical support personnel are caring for patients in the field with anxiety, without legal protection,” and “If the budget invested in such replacement personnel is supported for essential medical care, many of the current problems can be solved.” revealed.
The emergency committee said, “One day in our country is the same as 10 days in other countries,” and added, “I hope with the people that the remaining few days given to us will be the time to resolve the problem. “The decision must be made by the president,” he urged.
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