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Great hospital medical controversy … Deaths of patients who could not go to the emergency room
The government accuses 10 elderly people who did not comply with the order to start businesses
Senior doctors continue to fight hard, like submitting resignations
Movement of repulsion of medical group … “Indefinite execution of general strike”
The general strike in the medical community to block government policies, such as increasing the number of medical schools, has ended, but the confusion and conflict that this situation generates continues.
As the government accuses the elderly who participated in the strike, and the medical community predicts an additional strike, the medical unrest is showing signs of prolonged periods.
On the morning of the 29th, the Korean Medical Association (Medical Association) ended the program of the second national general strike. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the practitioners’ participation rate in this three-day strike was around 10% (10.8% on 26, 8.9% on 27, and 6.5% on 28).
On the other hand, doctors specializing in interns and residents led the strike with a participation rate of more than 75%. Even full-time physicians (fellows) who stayed in the hospital and trained in specific careers after obtaining the specialist degree showed a strike participation rate of over 35%.
There was no major problem with primary care due to the low participation rate of physicians during the strike, but in the large hospitals where the main physicians left the scene, there was confusion about the level of a “medical riot”. Major hospitals in central Seoul, such as Seoul National University Hospital, Severance Hospital, Seoul Asan Hospital, Seoul Samsung Hospital, and Seoul St. Mary Hospital, delayed surgery by 40% and they significantly reduced outpatient treatment and hospitalization. This is because, as the strike dragged on, the substitution of teachers and nurses was limited. In Busan and Uijeongbu, there have also been cases where patients died because they did not receive emergency treatment.
The government mobilized administrative power when the medical crisis became a reality. As the medical industry predicts a hard-line fight, this situation is leading to head-on conflict.
On the 27th, the government issued an order to start working for top doctors and full-time doctors and charged the Seoul Police Agency with 10 people who did not comply with the order. The government plans to take additional indictments if the doctors who specialize and the full-time doctors do not return to the field.
The Korean Medical Council (Daejeon Cooperative), which represents doctors in the field, opposed the accusation and declared that it would continue the strike indefinitely after the 28th.
An official from the Daejeon Cooperative said: “In this situation, we cannot speak. It is difficult to understand this (the accusation), “he said.” We do not change the existing position (we will not return to the field) if the government makes the accusation or cancels it. “
Doctors with specialties and full-time doctors are currently struggling on the edge of a cliff by submitting their resignations from the hospital. The explanation for the Daejeon Conference is that more than 80% of full-time and specialized physicians have resigned.
For this reason, the medical vacuum in large hospitals is expected to continue for the time being even after the general strike period.
An official from Seoul’s Asan Hospital said: “The teacher-level medical staff and the remaining full-time doctors are doing their best so that there is no room, but if the strike continues until next week, there may be situations like the fatigue”.
An official from Seoul’s St. Mary Hospital also said: “Because the surgery schedule is delayed, hospitalized patients will not be accepted. If it is prolonged, it would be better to finish it as soon as possible, as the work of replacement staff may intensify”.
The government is urged to return to the field while maintaining a firm attitude to take administrative measures even for the main and full-time physicians who submitted letters of resignation.
“Submitting a resignation does not end the employment relationship between the parties. Even if the resignation is legally filed, the employment relationship exists and continues until the resignation is accepted. “Even if the resignation form is submitted, an order to start work can be issued.”
“We are seriously thinking that if the group continues to exit, there may be a significant and direct risk to the life and safety of the patient,” said Kim Gang-rip, vice minister of the Ministry of Social Welfare. “Now, above all, the infection by the new coronavirus (Corona 19). It is the highest priority. To secure the corona 19 treatment beds and manpower and to operate an effective infectious disease treatment system, specialized doctors and full-time physicians must observe the treatment site. “
However, as the government mobilizes administrative power, the medical community shows signs of a collective revolt.
On the afternoon of the 28th, the Korean Medical Association decided to hold a meeting of the ‘Special Committee on Fighting the Four Big Bad in the Pan-Medical Camps’ on September 7 to enforce the third indefinite general strike.
The medical association said: “The indictment of a commander in the Ministry of Welfare and the indictment of the Fair Trade Commission is a devastating unjust public power,” and said: “Because only the indictment has already caused damage to members , we will respond in all possible ways. “
The National Medical Association professed: “I urge the government to change its attitude as soon as possible” and that “when our request is not accepted, the third general strike of national doctors will be launched on an indefinite schedule.”
Professors at the medical school are also urging the government to drop the accusation, and there is a climate of collective action.
In a statement on the day, the Hanyang University Medical School Faculty Council said: “The behavior of mechanically accusing a person who has engaged in Corona 19 treatment for the past few months speaks to the severity of the disease. crown crisis, but it raises questions about whether or not we are willing to resolve this situation. ” We will no longer see the collapse of our medical system and we will protect our disciples who confront it. “
The council said: “I strongly urge you to withdraw the impeachment measures for specialties implemented by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and to discuss the promotion of the ‘four major evils’ medical policy from the start.” If unfair action is taken, our professors at Hanyang University School of Medicine will take all possible means to act. ”
An official from the medical association said: “When the government produced the indictment card, the atmosphere within the young doctors became more heated. If you try, give it a try. The atmosphere is that I will leave the doctor. “It is not easy to hold back even in the medical field.”
The official said: “After the government’s impeachment measures, specific conversations about collective action have also emerged between teachers.” “The students got to the point where they were charged, but we can’t stand still. Starting next week, there is a high possibility that there will still be a fairly widespread statement. “
However, some point out that as the collective action of the medical community drags on, the purpose of the struggle gradually fades into a grueling exercise in skill.
During the first general strike on the 14th, the participation rate of both practitioners and doctors in the hospital exceeded 30%, increasing the consensus within the medical community about the need for the fight.
On the other hand, in the second general strike, more than 70% of the doctors specialized in a strong fight, while 10% of the practitioners did not participate, so a difference in temperature began to be detected in the medical field .
At the start of the strike, it seemed that the attitude of the government changed and the result was a ‘cessation of politics’, but the dialogue stopped due to the rigid posture of the main doctors and the situation worsened irreversibly.
Now, doctors in the medical field are walking ‘My Way’ to the point that it is difficult to convince them that even in the medical field, they have reached a situation where they do not even find a way out to solve the problem.
Public opinion of the medical strike that took place in the midst of the corona 19 pandemic is not good either. According to the results of the Real Meter survey on the 26th, 51% of the people responded that the government order to start businesses was appropriate.
The confrontation between the government and the medical community is already flowing in the form of a ‘chicken game’ that continues to exercise extreme skills to extract concessions from the other party. For this reason, the concern is deepening that if the medical community enters the third indefinite general strike, only patients may be seriously harmed amid the clash between the two sides.
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