Candidate Lim Hyun-taek, elected president of the Korean Medical Association: “Negotiations depend on the will of the government and majors.”

On the 26th, candidate Lim Hyun-taek was elected as the 42nd president of the Korean Medical Association.

[메디칼업저버 이주민 기자] Candidate Lim Hyun-taek was elected as the 42nd president of the Korean Medical Association with 65.43% of the votes.

Candidate Lim Hyun-taek expressed his feelings, saying, “I will perform my assigned role well for the next three years under the heavy trust given by the members.”

At around 19:00 on the 26th, the Korean Medical Association Election Committee announced the results of the runoff election for the 42nd President of the Korean Medical Association between Lim Hyun-taek, candidate No. 1, and Su-ho Joo, candidate No. 2.

According to the National Election Commission, there were a total of 50,681 voters in the runoff election, of whom 33,084 participated in the vote. Voter turnout was 65.28%.

Lim Hyun-taek, the 42nd president-elect of the Korean Medical Association, holds up his election certificate in the main auditorium on the first basement floor of the Korean Medical Association building on the 26th.

As a result of the runoff election, candidate Lim Hyun-taek was elected with 21,646 votes out of a total of 33,084. The final vote rate was 65.43%.

On the other hand, candidate Joo Su-ho received 11,438 votes, recording a vote rate of 34.57%. There is a difference of 10,208 votes from the winner.

President-elect Lim Hyun-taek (Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics) has been serving five consecutive terms as president of the Korean Association of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine since 2016.

President-elect Lim said he would protect the rights and interests of all members, and proposed the following goals: △ normalizing the medical system, including realistic medical fees and establishing a medical delivery system; △ establishing a medical system, including establishing a medical information center and promoting selective division of labor; △ revising the medical license cancellation law, and redefining the role of PAs. .

In his speech after being elected, President-elect Lim said, “What the medical community needs to do now is to completely trust and wait for residents and students.” He added, “Discussions will begin when the government is ready to discuss again from the beginning and residents and students also have the will to have a dialogue.” “It was said.

Highest voter turnout ever, anger expressed by members of the Korean Medical Association

This Korean Medical Association Presidential election recorded the highest voter turnout ever.

A total of 33,684 people participated in the first round of voting, which ended on the 22nd, recording 66.46%, and in this final voting, a total of 33,084 people participated, recording 65.28%.

On the other hand, in the last election for the 41st Korean Medical Association President, 23,665 people participated, with a voter turnout of only 48.33%.

The reason for the high voter turnout in this presidential election is interpreted to be the expression of anger among the members of the medical association toward blocking the increase in the number of medical schools and the mandatory medical package.

Go Gwang-song, chairman of the National Election Commission of the Korean Medical Association, said on this day, “This is the most important election in the 100-year history of the medical field,” and added, “It is an important time to unite the reality of our medical community rather than divide it.”

He went on to explain, “This vote recorded the highest voter turnout ever since our medical association introduced the direct election system, which gave members strong support and strength for the elected president.”