[속보] The government will postpone the state exam for doctors for a week after the group boycott of medical students-Chosun.com

Entry 2020.08.31 16:08 | Revision 2020.08.31 16:21

The government announced on the 31st that it will postpone the national medical exam scheduled for a week from next month. Consequently, the national practical exam scheduled for September 1-3 is postponed from September 8-10. In opposition to the four government medical policies, including the expansion of the number of medical schools, 90% of fourth-grade students in the main department of medical schools did not give up their intention to cancel the term. The government proceeds as planned, the number of staff for major medical and public affairs will be vacated next year. It is interpreted as having urgently postponed national time for fear of a medical crisis. The government decided to allow medical students who had previously canceled the national exam to take the exam through a new application.

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare held an emergency briefing at 4 pm that day and said: “Several deans and professors of medical schools and other elders of general medicine have requested a postponement of the national examination for physicians, who have decided to run from September 1. Once officially requested to postpone the exam schedule, he said, “accepting this recommendation, we have decided to postpone the national exam for a week.” Vice Minister of Social Welfare Kim Kang-rip said: “There is not enough time to accurately confirm the intention to cancel the exam, and there is concern about side effects that unnecessarily damage the future of many students. If such a problem occurs , there will be a disruption in the medical use of the hospital and the public in the future. ” “We also consider the problem of being able to do it,” he said. “We also consider thoughtful suggestions from elders in the medical field who think of students.

On this day, the Ministry of Health and Welfare again urged the doctors who are on strike indefinitely to stop the strike and return to the field. Vice Minister Kim said: “Even the elders of general medicine, including the permanent chairman of the Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly and the heads of the main hospitals, persuaded the doctors to manage the implementation of the government agreements. . It was a very regrettable decision for the government because of the announcement that it would do so ”. He said: “I ask you to re-make a forward-looking decision for the lives and safety of the people.”

Vice Minister Kim said: “Today President Moon Jae-in also said that after the coronavirus crisis was resolved, sufficient consultations were held with the medical community, as well as the issues raised by the medical community through the promised advice. by the government and the consulting bodies of the National Assembly, etc. The group, in addition to the head of the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee and medical elders, believes in the agreement promised by the president and asks to return to the treatment site as soon as possible. “

However, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare announced that it would continue with on-site investigations and ordered work to begin on closures of major medical groups. In the briefing, “Regarding the field investigation for the group license in Daegu on the 31st, there are voices saying that there is a problem with the field investigation of the Daegu medical staff, who are the most devoted in Corona.” . The measures taken by the government are those that are taking measures to protect the life and safety of people in the medical field through the authority granted to the government in accordance with medical law. I will keep in mind that I will not and will proceed. “