“Regarded as mere labor of majors.”
“Obstacle, the ruling party sheltering insurrectionists”
(Seoul = Newsis) Reporter Kim Geum-bo = Park Dan, chairman of the emergency response committee of the Korean Medical Residents Association, is speaking at the ‘National Assembly-Korean Medical Association-Korean Medical Residents Council Meeting’ held at the Korean Medical Association in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 19th of last month. The meeting was attended by Kim Young-ho, Chairman of the Education Committee of the National Assembly, Park Joo-min, Chairman of the Health and Welfare Committee, Park Hyeong-wook, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the Korean Medical Association, and Park Dan, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the Korean Medical Residents Association. 2024.12.19. (email protected)
(Seoul = Newsis) Reporter Baek Young-mi = When People Power Party floor leader Kwon Seong-dong requested the government to consider special provisions for training and enlistment for resigning medical residents, Park Dan, head of the emergency response committee of the Korean Association of Medical Residents, said, “The government and the ruling party are still treating medical residents as a mere workforce.” “They are ignoring it,” he criticized.
On the 10th, emergency committee chairman Park mentioned the ‘decree of punishment of major’ on Facebook and said, “Wasn’t this a special case?” Paragraph 5 of the Martial Law Command Proclamation No. 1, issued immediately after President Yoon Seok-yeol declared martial law on the 3rd of last month, states, ‘All medical personnel, including residents, who are on strike or have left the medical field, must return to their regular duties within 48 hours and work faithfully, and in case of violation, It was clearly stated that he would be punished according to martial law.
Earlier on this day, floor leader Kwon said at an in-hospital countermeasures meeting that in order to stabilize the medical field, “the provision banning employment at the same hospital or the same department within one year after discontinuing training will be suspended, and if a resident discontinues training, they will be selected and conscripted as military personnel.” “We request the government to actively review this, saying that a special exception to the Military Service Act enforcement ordinance is necessary,” he said.
In order for a resident who resigned in June of last year to be able to train in the first half of this year, it is necessary to suspend the provision that he cannot return to the same department or hospital within one year after cessation of training. According to the current enforcement ordinance of the Military Service Act, medical residents who have not completed their military residency training will be conscripted as military personnel if they discontinue their residency training. Of the 10,000 private medical majors, about 3,480 must enlist as military surgeons or public health doctors.
Emergency committee chairman Park said, “That’s not what the medical residents asked for,” and asked, “Isn’t the obstacle the incompetent ruling party that is protecting even the leaders of the civil war?”
At the same time, he said, “The day before, Kim Jeong-won, Secretary General of the Constitutional Court, responded to Proclamation No. 5 that it does not comply with the Constitution,” and added, “Start by talking about the position of floor leader Kwon Seong-dong and the People Power Party on the Proclamation.”
He then asked, “After the ruling party took a step back? Don’t make me laugh,” and asked, “Isn’t Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo the only one in the ruling party who spoke out about the current medical situation?”
Meanwhile, the government suspended the training regulations prohibiting residents from applying to the same hospital or clinic within a year after suspending their training so that they can return in March of this year, and for residents who returned in March, military enlistment can be postponed. They announced that they would provide special military service exemptions.
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