According to Yonhap News Agency on February 26, South Korea's Minister of Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min urged the interns and residents involved in the collective action to face up to the seriousness of the current situation, called on them to return to work as soon as possible, and promised that if the doctors can return to work by the 29th of this month, ** will not be held accountable.
According to the report, Li Xiangmin made the above statement when presiding over the "Meeting of the Headquarters for Responding to Doctors' Collective Action ** Disaster Safety Countermeasures" on the same day. He stressed that the collective actions of interns and residents have aggravated the chaos on the medical field, posing a threat to the lives and health of patients, and emergency medical care is facing a crisis. He also said that doctors' voices can only be more impactful and effective when they stay with patients.
Li Xiangmin said that the "Diagnosis and Treatment Support Manpower Demonstration Project" will be launched to maintain the hospital's function of treating patients, and at the same time expects the initiative to further clarify the scope of responsibilities of the hospital in front-line work and fulfill the commitment to establish a protection system previously proposed.
However, he said that there are limitations in relying solely on these measures to make up for the shortage of interns and residents, and he looks forward to the early return of doctors to work and dialogue for improving the medical environment.
In addition, regarding the progress of the work of promoting the "four essential medical treatments", including the expansion of medical personnel, Li Xiangmin said that the support of the people is becoming an important driving force, and the lives and health of the people will be put first, and every effort will be made to reduce the chaos on the front line of medical care.