Should I enforce the doctor’s general strike on the 7th … “As soon as possible, it will be decided according to the results of the negotiations with the government tomorrow.”

Entry 2020.09.02 11:34

Additionally, when the Democratic Party announced on Day 1 that it might reconsider promoting four major medical policies that doctors oppose, the Korean Medical Association decided to enforce the third general strike, which was announced on Day 7 after negotiations. with the government, which will begin on day 3. It is a policy to decide.

The medical council, which was the center of the opening of the hospital, had two general strikes, and has announced that it will go on strike indefinitely from the 7th if it fails to reach a compromise with the government within a week on the 28th of last month, after the second three-day general strike. The Korean Council of Elders, a group of elders as interns and residents, has gone on indefinite strike since 21 last month.

In a phone call with Chosun Biz on the 2nd, the president of the Korean Medical Association said: “Tomorrow (3), the special committee for the fight against the 4 great evils in the pan-medical field (Bum2o Committee) actively collected opinions and he made a negotiation proposal for the government already in the afternoon of the day (3). I will continue with the negotiations with the government on Friday (4) “. He said: “Only if the premise will be followed that government policy (such as the expansion of medical school capacity) will reach a stipulated agreement on the withdrawal of the policy and the new discussion at the origin, will it be possible to decide whether to stop the third strike. ”

Currently, the medical association is calling on the government to completely withdraw the four policies the government is pursuing: △ Expand the capacity of the medical school △ Establish a public medical school △ Increase concessions and encourage remote treatment.

Prior to this, the chairman of the Democratic Party Policy Committee, Han Jeong-ae, met successively in the National Assembly the day before with President Choi Ji-jip and Daejeon Hyup President Park Ji-hyun to discuss ways to overcome the medical strike. On this day, President Han told President Choi, “We can discuss in a completely zero (home) state,” regarding the continued group licensing of the medical community against the government’s expansion of school fees. medicine and promotion policies of public medical schools.

The ‘Young Doctors Emergency Countermeasures Committee’, a group of senior and full-time medical students, which launched the day before, also announced that the strike would be stopped only if the ‘consideration of the four medical policies’ was stipulated. principal ‘to the government. President Choi said: “I hope that the government will make the decision to withdraw the policy, and the strike is likely to stop if a stipulated agreement is reached to re-discuss the policy from the source.” Currently, the chairman of the Beomtu Committee is Chairman Choi.

It is known that a large number of professors from the main university hospitals, who have already expressed their intention to support the strike one after another, will participate in the third general doctoral strike, which is scheduled to begin without a deadline on the 7th.