Warning: “In May, we will experience a Korea we have never experienced before.”

[파이낸셜뉴스] “In May, we will experience a Korea we have never experienced before.”

Kim Taek-woo, chairman of the Korean Medical Association’s Emergency Response Committee, held a regular briefing on the 24th and said, “18,000 medical students from 40 medical schools across the country have disappeared for a year, and 12,000 residents from teaching hospitals across the country cannot return.”

“Medical students disappear and residents cannot return… hospitals go bankrupt.”

First, the risk of bankruptcy and bankruptcy of some hospitals was mentioned. Emergency Medical Services Chairman Kim said, “Teaching hospitals that have lost their focus on residents will maintain a reduced form of treatment with replacement staff, and there is a risk that some hospitals will go bankrupt and go bankrupt. The damage to related industries is also visible.”

At the same time, they were concerned that the number of doctors would decrease, not increase.

He said, “If things go according to the government’s plan, medical schools across the country will have to start training 8,000 first-year students next year, and they will study in an absurd educational environment for six years.” He pointed out, “There will be a growing number of universities that cannot apply for the national doctor exam, which will ultimately lead to a decrease, not an increase, in the number of doctors.”

The problem is that we will not be able to produce new doctors next year. Chairman Kim said, “We will not be able to allocate even the minimum number of people to become public health doctors, and if the already reduced number of public health workers is further reduced, even the minimum number of people that support local and public health services, which are still insufficient, will not be supplied.” I looked ahead.

He then emphasized, “This is the actual situation that will emerge as a result of the government’s current unreasonable garden policy, which talks about essential healthcare, local healthcare, and public healthcare.”

He also criticized the government for calling the plan to reduce the 2025 quota by up to 50% a concession. Chairman Kim said, “I have heard comments from some public officials who are trying to shift responsibility to medical groups that do not accept the government’s concessions,” and added, “The solution to the problem starts with stopping unreasonable attempts to testify and starting discussions by putting our heads together. It is hopeless.” “Please stop mocking my appearance,” he said.

“There is no point in discussing it between people who do not have the power to make decisions… The president must decide.”

Accordingly, he urged the president to make a decision. Chairman Kim said, “I think 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.”

Regarding the announcement that the President’s Office proposed a ‘5+4 consultative body’ to the medical doctors’ group the day before but was rejected, he drew a line by saying, “I have never received a specific proposal of that kind.”

Kim Seong-geun, head of the public relations committee of the Korean Medical Association’s non-committee committee, said, “I have not been specifically contacted by the government about someone coming out,” and pointed out, “It is meaningless for people who do not have decision-making power to gather and talk in any form.” .

[email protected] Reporter Ahn Ga-eul

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