“I put a dagger in the back of a doctor … Stop the cooperation of the crown when forced”

Bigger house The president of the Korean Medical Association said on the 14th: “The Blue House, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Ministry of Health and Welfare unilaterally promoted the expansion of telemedicine without a single consultation with the medical council.” Said. “If we do, all cooperation with Corona will cease,” he said. The council is a representative group of physicians with more than 130,000 members.

The government temporarily allowed telemedicine, such as telephone consultations, on February 24 after the crown expansion. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, on the 10th 26,121 remote medical treatments were performed.

“The government is promoting the introduction of telemedicine for economic reasons, such as the growth of the telemedicine industry and the creation of related youth jobs,” Choi said in a telephone interview this day. “The essence of medical treatment is to provide the best care for patients, and it is a discouraging feeling.” .

Regarding the emergence of the Blue House and the Ministry of Information, instead of the Ministry of Welfare, which is the main ministry, Choi said: “There is also fear that the Korean government’s economic ministries and the Blue House will lead the discussion, so the boat can go to the mountain. “

In principle, off-site treatment is prohibited in accordance with current medical law. President Choi said that for years Japan and other governments, such as medical associations, have to discuss and create an applicable telemedicine system. President Choi said: “In Japan, when telemedicine was introduced in 2015, first-time patients cannot telemedicine, and if they receive a remote prescription three times in a row, the government accepts the position of the medical community, such as having to go to the hospital in the fourth, so that the current telemedicine system is possible. It does. “However, Japan is currently operating flexibly, such as allowing coronary care even for first-time patients.

It is also a position that exceptional cases like remote medical treatment to prevent infections in hospitals due to the spread of infectious diseases and islands and mountainous areas where face-to-face treatment is difficult at the council level are exceptionally acceptable. However, when telemedicine is fully introduced, the number of 31,000 clinics’ primary medical institutions drops to thousands, and side effects are feared to follow, like the inconvenience of people receiving medical services. The council began a group break when the Park Geun-hye government promoted telemedicine in 2014, and it also opposed it in 2016.