Government: “So far, there are no cases in which professors’ resignations are scheduled to be accepted.”

While professors at medical schools across the country who resigned after a group of residents left raised voices saying that their resignations would automatically take effect on the 25th, creating a gap in the medical field, the government has not yet announced any cases in which resignations have been formally submitted to the university headquarters and scheduled to be accepted. It was understood that

Second Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Park Min-soo said this at a briefing at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCHQ) on the 24th for collective action by doctors. Vice Minister Park said, “It is said that on April 25th, a month after university professors submit their resignations, their resignations will automatically take effect, but I would like to say once again that this cannot be seen as taking effect uniformly.” did.

Regarding the medical community’s claims of ‘complete policy cancellation’ and ‘original review and one-year postponement’, Vice Minister Park said, “It goes against the people’s expectations and nullifies the medical reform that got off to a difficult start,” and added, “It is not an alternative that the government can choose. “He said.

At the same time, he said, “The scientific alternative that the government is talking about is related to the scale of the (medical school) increase,” and “I hope that it will present a (increase) number and clearly provide the basis for why that number was presented.”