Professor groups to shut down medical treatments and surgeries nationwide… No major disruptions expected
Korean Medical Association to announce its stance on the President’s call for medical sector unification,
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Large hospital professors taking a day off today
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Seo Dae-yeon,
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, ‘ (Seoul=Yonhap News) Byung Jin-Reporter = Medical school professors decided to go on a one-day strike on the 10th in response to the government’s medical school expansion policy, but it is anticipated that there will be no major disruptions in the medical field, similar to the previous group strike.’,
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, ” They plan to continue providing treatment and surgery for emergency, severe, and hospitalized patients while making a ‘declarative protest’ against the government’s medical school expansion policy through the strike plan.”,
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, ‘ The government plans to submit the basis data for the expansion demanded by the court, and will hold the second meeting of the Medical Reform Special Committee to engage in discussions on reform.’,
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, ‘ According to the medical community on the 10th, the Emergency Response Committee of the National Medical School Professors (NEMC) carried out a nationwide strike on the last day of last month and on the 3rd of this month, according to the weekly strike plan.’,
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, ‘ Although NEMC originally stated that a nationwide strike means more universities participating in the strike, as was the case in previous strikes, it is unlikely that there will be confusion in the medical field as before.’,
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, ‘ Medical school professors will maintain treatment and surgery for emergency, severe, and hospitalized patients even during the strike.’,
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, ” Among the ‘Big 5’ major hospitals in Seoul, including Seoul National University, Seoul Asan, Severance, and Seoul St. Mary’s Hospitals, it is expected that professors from four hospitals affiliated with NEMC will participate in the strike.”,
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, ‘ As participation in the strike is not mandatory, it is uncertain how many will participate, but most hospitals cautiously predict that there will be no significant disruptions to scheduled treatments or surgeries.’,
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, ‘ In the past, most hospitals operated smoothly without any issues during the individual strikes declared by professors on the 30th of last month and the 3rd of this month.’,
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, ‘ While outpatient visits at Bundang Seoul National University Hospital slightly decreased due to the professor’s strike on the 30th of last month, it is expected that outpatient visits and surgeries will proceed as scheduled this time.’,
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, ‘ Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul Asan Hospital, and Severance Hospital have stated that they will operate normally without closing. Seoul St. Mary\’s Hospital announced that they will conduct normal treatments in the morning on the 10th and have been scheduled to be closed in the afternoon.’,
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, ‘ There has been no indication of a large-scale strike movement in local areas yet.’,
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, ‘ It has been confirmed that there are no departments participating in the collective strike at Chonnam National University Hospital, and Ulsan University Hospital will not participate in the strike today as they have already taken a day off on the 3rd of this month.’,
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, ‘ Although professors at Keimyung University School of Medicine are participating in the voluntary strike today, during the strike on the 3rd of this month, only some professors from the internal medicine department participated, and actual treatment was conducted as usual.’,
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Ulsan University medical school professors
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Hyun-woo,
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, ‘ There may be small and large strike activities in various regions, but there are no difficulties expected in normal treatments.’,
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, ‘ As professors go on strike, the government will hold the second meeting of the Medical Reform Special Committee today.’,
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, ‘ The Medical Reform Task Force, missing representatives from the Korean Medical Association (KMA) and specialists, selected four major discussion tasks, including strengthening compensation for severe and essential medical services, at the previous first meeting, and is set to discuss the specific agenda of the four tasks at the second meeting today.’,
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, ‘ In compliance with the court’s request today, the government will submit relevant materials such as the meeting records of the Health and Medical Policy Deliberation Committee and the Medical Manpower Special Committee to the court.’,
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, ‘ The National Conference of Medical School Professors (NEMC), which is separate from NEMC, submitted a petition to stop the policy of expanding medical school enrollment, receiving signatures from 2,997 medical school professors the day before.’,
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, ‘ KMA is scheduled to hold a briefing at 11 a.m. today to announce its stance on President Yoon Suk-yeol\’s press conference.’,
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, ‘ President Yoon emphasized in a press conference the day before that medical organizations have not proposed a unified alternative and stated, “The government will walk the path of medical reform for the people according to the roadmap we think.” He particularly expressed representing the rights of opening doctors regarding the KMA.’,
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