On the afternoon of the 21st local time, according to South Korea's ** news, in response to the recent collective strike of thousands of hospitalized and intern doctors in the country due to opposition to the expansion policy of medical schools, South Korea ** held a meeting of relevant competent departments on the afternoon of the 21st to discuss countermeasures.
In a press release issued after the meeting, South Korea said that it would seriously investigate the illegal acts in the collective strike action of the medical profession on the basis of the laws and regulations of South Korea's medical **, criminal law and other laws, and said that if the collective strike of doctors caused serious damage to the lives and health of patients, the most severe measures would be taken to punish them. South Korea** also said it would provide legal support to patients who suffered losses due to the collective strike of doctors.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of South Korea, as of 22 o'clock local time on the 20th, a total of 8,816 inpatients and interns in 100 major hospitals in South Korea have submitted resignation applications because of opposition to the recent implementation of the medical school expansion policy in South Korea, of which 7,813 have left their medical positions. According to statistics, there are 1There are more than 30,000 inpatients and interns, and according to this calculation, more than 60% of inpatients and interns have left their jobs.
South Korea's **Yoon Suk-yeol said at the State Council meeting at Yongsan** Mansion in Seoul on the 20th that medical students, the masters of the medical frontline - intern residents and the masters of the future of medical care, must not take collective action at the risk of the lives and health of the people. Yoon Suk-yeol said that last week's announcement by interns and residents that they would take collective actions such as resignation has led to delays in the operation schedules of cancer patients and the cancellation of scheduled surgical plans. Protecting the lives and safety of the people is the raison d'être of the state, and it is also the most basic responsibility entrusted by the Constitution, and the state should effectively manage it based on this and resolutely protect the lives and health of the people.
Yoon stressed that doctors are not civil servants, but they must not go on strike en masse. Mr. Yoon insisted on a plan to recruit 2,000 more medical students a year, saying it was small and the minimum number to enroll.
Editor: Chen Jiawen).