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On the 4th, the Korean Medical Association (Medical Association), which is about to carry out the third general strike on the 7th amid an indefinite group leave (strike) of the hospital’s main doctors (interns, residents), dramatically agreed with the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Democratic Party together. On July 23, just 43 days after the government announced plans to expand the quota of the medical school and establish a public medical school, although there is a serious risk of spreading the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the medical students canceled a lot of national exams. It is because it came to reality. If you do not cancel the exam before 6 pm on the 4th, you will not be able to take the exam scheduled to start on the 8th due to the one week extension. This will inevitably reduce the number of physicians who will be discharged next year.
● ‘Discussion through the consultation body’
In the agreement signed by the National Assembly and the Democratic Party, it was stated that the policy would be re-discussed from the origin through a consultative body within the National Assembly in which both parties participate. It also contained content that it would not enforce the law, such as the unilateral handling of bills when they were being discussed in council. In the agreement between the Medical Association and the Ministry of Social Welfare, the Ministry of Welfare and Social Welfare stipulated that the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare would suspend the related policies and respect the results of discussions within the National Assembly. It was also reported that the Ministry of Health and Welfare could not unilaterally enforce the quota expansion for medical schools.
Consequently, issues such as expanding the capacity of the medical school and establishing a public medical school, which were strongly opposed by the medical community, are expected to be discussed through the council at a time when the Corona 19’s situation is stable. Not only the medical council officials, but also other organizations that led the strike, such as the Greater Council of Korea (Daejeon Council) and the full-time council, are expected to participate in the council. With the conclusion of the negotiations, the government withdrew all legal measures against medical consultations and the specialization of doctors.
The Blue House hopes that once the Corona 19 situation has stabilized, related discussions, such as public medical schools, will resume next month. It is an atmosphere that highlights that the phrase ‘stabilization of the corona’ in the agreement is not ‘to end the coronavirus’ through the development of vaccines. A passport official said: “As soon as the crown stabilizes and the internal opinions of the medical staff are organized, we will operate the advisory body. As far as possible in the ordinary assembly, discussions should start in October.”
● Great revolt, the return to the field is undecided
Health and Welfare Minister Park Neung-hoo, who failed to abide by the agreement with the president of the Korean Medical Association, leaves the Korea Health Promotion Development Institute for Toegye, Seoul, the place of the agreement on the 4th, due to the use of force by the doctors who oppose the government agreement. 2020.9.4 / News1 © News1Young doctors’ emergency countermeasures committees, including the Daejeon Association, are protesting saying, “I did not accept the agreement because I did not see the final agreement and did not even know about the agreement.” He was excluded from the last minute negotiation process. According to the non-control committee, at 1 a.m. on the 4th, the medical consultation, full-time physicians, and senior physicians submitted a statement of agreement from the medical community to the Democratic Party that contained the phrase ‘withdrawal from the politics’ and ‘consideration at origin’. At 4 am that day, the Democratic Party agreement without the phrase ‘withdrawal from politics’ was handed over to medical association officials, and the negotiations concluded as is. Problems have also arisen within the KMA. The Korean Hospital Medical Association issued a statement, insisting that “President Choi and all the executives of the medical council, who betrayed the young doctor who led the strike fight and mocked all the doctors, must resign.” Lim Hyun-taek, president of the Korean Association for Pediatrics and Juvenile Medicine, serving as the representative of the Medical Association, also called for a resolution to distrust President Choi and all executives of the 40th Medical Association. The signing of the agreement on the medical dispute was delayed from the originally scheduled time. The signing of the agreement between the Democratic Party and the Medical Consultation was originally scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m., but only proceeded at 10 a.m. The signing time of the agreement between the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the College of Physicians was also delayed from 11 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. This is because more than 80 people in the main ones protested in the corridors and elevators with A4 papers that said: “The whole government and the agreement are opposed.” The Social Welfare Minister Park Neung-hoo was unable to get out of the elevator, and the president of the Maxjip Medical Association is said to have been unable to enter the building due to the doctors specializing in the basement.
The agreement between the Ministry of Welfare and the Ministry of Health and Welfare included “stopping the group action and returning to the treatment site,” but it is not clear whether the top doctors will return to the field. However, an analysis suggests that the cause of the strike will disappear and power will weaken. In fact, some large training hospitals have notified their full-time physicians to return to the operating room.
Young-rae Son, head of the Accident Control Headquarters Strategic Planning Division, said: “The Daejeon Council also believes in the implementation of this agreement and will return to medical treatment.”
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