‘Lee Pil-soo, President of the Jeollanam-do Medical Association’ elected as the 41st President of the Korean Medical Association

He obtained 52.5% of the final vote.

[아시아경제 김지희 기자] Lee Pil-soo, president of the Jeollanam-do Medical Association, was elected 41st president of the Korean Medical Association.

In the final vote for the 41st presidential election of the medical association held in the meeting room on the seventh floor of the Yongsan Provisional Hall of the Medical Association on the 26th, candidate Pil-soo Lee, number 2, was 1, 52 , 5% of the total number of votes 23,658 (excluding 7 invalid votes) He announced that he was elected president with only 2,431 votes. Candidate Hyun-taek Lim, No. 1, received 12,271 votes (47.5%).

Accordingly, Lee will serve as president of the Medical Association for three years, from May 1 to April 30, 2024.

Born in 1962, Chosen Lee graduated from Chonnam Medical University and completed a specialization in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Masan Korea Hospital (Samsung Changwon Hospital). He served as president of the Naju Medical Association and president of the Jeollanam-do Medical Association, gaining experience in the local medical community. Most recently, he served as president of the Special Committee for the Savings of Small and Medium Hospitals of the Medical Association and President of the Special Committee to Support the Management of Hospitals Corona 19 of the Medical Association.

Emphasizing that Lee is the only candidate who will seek profitability in this election ▲ Establishment of a department dedicated to member complaints ▲ Organization and activities of a support team for members affected by Corona 19 ▲ Stop the promotion of the top 4 medical ills ▲ Innovation in public health policy ▲ Innovation in the provision of medical services focused on primary care Promises such as the establishment of a system were presented. In the course of the electoral campaign, “the National Assembly has been responding to the arbitrary application of the 4 main evils of medical policy by the government with a fight.” “The fight is, of course, important, but in the future, we will cooperate with the Government and oppose the opposition, so that the members can benefit from them.” It has been emphasized.

On this day, after receiving the electoral certificate from the National Electoral Commission of the Medical Association, Lee announced the presentations related to the protection of the rights and interests of the members, the negotiations on legislation and the struggle. First, Lee said, “I will do my best to collect and respect the diverse opinions of the members so that the rights and interests of the members can be preserved in the most difficult situation since the crisis of the crown 19.” No effort to the end so that Protocol Agreement 9.4, which was remembered as unsatisfactory and temporarily incompletely sealed, can be implemented satisfactorily. “I will,” he said.

“If our efforts and sincerity for our negotiations are not accepted and the views of members are gathered with intolerable anger, we will never hesitate to move forward in the face of acute confrontation and conflict.” The ugliness of the public opinion that “doctors are collective selfishness” never has a good effect on us. He said, “I will work hard to become a medical association where members can be loved and respected by the people and respected as experts.”

Meanwhile, of the total of 48,969 voters who participated in the final vote, 23,655 people (23.07 electronic ballots, 658 votes by mail) participated in the vote, registering a turnout of 48.3%. In the first round of voting held on the 19th, 25,796 people participated in the vote, registering a participation of 52.7%. This election was the first to introduce a second round voting system for the Medical Association presidential election.

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