Proposal to Increase 3,000 Doctors over 5 Years by Korean Hospital Association… Ministry of Health, Submitting Relevant Data to Court,
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‘Crowded University Hospitals’
(Daegu=Yonhap News) Reporter Park Sejin = A university hospital in Daegu that declared a strike on the 3rd is crowded with patients. 2024.5.3 psjpsj@yna.co.kr,
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, ” (Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Byeonggyu = After it was revealed that a hospital group proposed increasing medical college admissions by 3,000 to the government, some doctors have targeted the organization’s executives by publicly exposing their names on online communities.”,
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, ” According to the government and the medical community on the 14th, the list of executives of the Korean Hospital Association is spreading in a doctor community.”,
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, ” The Korean Hospital Association is an organization centered around comprehensive hospitals that are larger than small hospitals but smaller than tertiary hospitals. These hospitals have shown a proactive stance on increasing medical school admissions due to severe shortage of doctors.”,
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, ” The Korean Hospital Association has gained attention as their response document submitted to the court as part of the government’s challenge to the execution suspension of the medical school admissions contained a proposal to increase by 3,000 students per year for five years, totaling 15,000, and then increase by 1,500 students each for the next 5 years.”,
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, ” Specifically, they suggested increasing medical students by 1,500 each year for 10 years, increasing interns by 1,000 for 5 years, and issuing licenses to graduates of overseas medical schools and Korean graduates of overseas medical schools by 500 each for 5 years.”,
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, ” This proposal, which includes a larger increase in admissions than the ‘2,000 per year for 5 years’ announced by the government, has garnered attention as there have been voices within the medical industry in favor of the increase.”,
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, ” According to the document, the association explained the proposal citing the lack of doctors working in emergency rooms, surgery, and other essential medical fields in comprehensive hospitals, including university hospitals and medical centers. The lack of doctors results in increased labor costs and worsens the financial difficulties of comprehensive hospitals.”,
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Capture of Lim Hyun-taek, Chairman of the Korean Medical Association,
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, ” They also proposed ▲ revival of the graduation quota system ▲ abolition of limitations on the working hours of resident doctors for solving the absolute shortage of medical staff ▲ improvement of the medical delivery system and fee system.”,
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, ” The association made such proposals after the lawyers on the medical side who applied for the execution suspension at the court inadvertently made the data submitted by the government to the media.”,
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, ” Subsequently, the names of the chairman, vice chairman, advisors, and executives including their affiliated hospitals and positions were disseminated in the doctor community.”,
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, ” In particular, Lim Hyun-taek, the chairman of the Korean Medical Association, posted on his own SNS, ‘Please report cases of medical law violations, health crimes investigation, medical accidents, violations of labor standards, tax evasion, rebates, and ghost surgeries to the Korean Medical Association,’ as the chairman of the association is also the director of Yongin Singal Gangnam Hospital.”,
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, ” Lim, who was elected as the chairman last month, had filed a complaint against Cho Seung-yeon, the director of Incheon Metropolitan Medical Center, who supported the increase in medical school admissions, accusing him of violating medical laws by having unqualified individuals perform medical duties in the operating room.”,
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, ” In another SNS post, Lim said, ‘Please send all vulnerable populations who cannot afford treatment to Yongin Singal Gangnam Hospital,’ sarcastically adding, ‘I believe this is the best service we can provide as medical professionals. Let’s fulfill Director Jung Young-jin’s dream.'”,
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, ” A welfare ministry official commented on this matter, saying, ‘It is regrettable that such posts are coming out after the data submitted to the court were unintentionally disclosed.’ The official also mentioned, ‘The list of members of the medical school admissions allocation committee was not disclosed due to concerns about such incidents.'”,
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, ” The medical community has been calling for the public release of the members of the Medical School Admissions Allocation Committee. Park Dan, president of the Association of Doctors of Korea (Daehan Hyup), posted on his SNS the day before, ‘Please also publicize the list of members of the allocation review committee. Many reporters are waiting for it.'”,
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‘Crowded Large Hospital’
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Seo Daeyeon = A large hospital in downtown Seoul was crowded with patients, visitors, and medical staff on the morning of the 13th as the government and the medical industry continue to clash over the basis data for increasing medical school admissions. 2024.5.13 dwise@yna.co.kr,
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