[국감] 83% of dispatched bulletins are drawn from medical vulnerability reports: “There is no such thing already”: Health and Welfare News

【Health and Welfare News】 It was found that 83% of dispatched public servants worked in medically vulnerable areas.

As a result of looking at the dispatch status of public health doctors submitted through the Ministry of Health and Welfare by Rep. Kim Yoon (Democratic Party) of the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee, 109 of the 132 dispatched public health doctors are working in medically underserved areas, and the medical gap in medically underserved areas is accelerating. appeared.

Looking at the public health element, it was confirmed that 109 of the 132 dispatched public health workers were drawn from medically vulnerable areas. By type of medical vulnerable area, 27 places (20.5%) were designated as vulnerable areas for all emergency/pediatric/delivery areas, and emergency/delivery vulnerable areas accounted for the most at 67 places (48.5%).

Rep. Kim Yoon said, “Medically vulnerable areas designated based on the Framework Act on Public Health and Medical Services are areas where it is difficult to maintain medical infrastructure without public support.” He added, “In a situation where the supply and demand of public manpower has become difficult due to the recent decline in public information, even doctors in medically vulnerable areas are being recruited in large numbers.” “I am in a situation where I am being sent to the hospital,” he said.