While professors at medical schools at major universities, including Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University, announced a regular break once a week starting on the 30th, the Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Kyu-hong chaired a meeting of the Central Bureau of Disaster and Security Countermeasures Headquarters (CDC) on the 29th for a collective action by doctors and said: “The sudden resignation of a professor of the medical faculty” We will further strengthen our emergency medical care system by closely monitoring the situation at medical sites and sending additional medical personnel to prevent harm to patients due to the closure or closure of clinics,” he said.
Minister Cho said: “When the (medical school) professors protect the camp and the residents return to the hospital and be with the patients, the public will take your voice more seriously,” adding: “The medical groups will only insist on eliminating the expansion of medical schools.” because it does not meet the public’s expectations.” “I hope that you will quickly participate in the dialogue for innovation and development of our country’s medical system.” At the same time, he said, “the government only looks at people and is pursuing reform medical to save essential medical care and local medical care,” and added: “We will move forward without wavering, communicating and cooperating more with all future life paths.”
The government plans to discuss ways to strengthen compensation for “interventions for serious heart disease” at the meeting of the Central Headquarters for Security and Disaster Countermeasures to be held today.
Minister Cho said: “Since cardiovascular surgery is an essential and representative medical field that needs to be performed urgently for patients with serious heart diseases such as acute myocardial infarction, we will strengthen compensation for it,” and added: “ We will ensure that fair compensation is provided to medical personnel who frequently perform emergency and on-call procedures.” He said: “We will expand the scope of emergency procedures, which are 1.5 times more expensive than regular procedures, to fit the clinical field “.
Furthermore, Minister Cho said: “We will expand the number of blood vessels recognized for cardiovascular surgery and increase the level of compensation so that medical difficulties and resource consumption can be reasonably reflected in the fee,” adding: “Ad For example, we will provide stents for four blood vessels in a tertiary general hospital.” “When insertion surgery is performed, the cost of the procedure will be more than double the current price,” he said. He said: “The government will continue to strengthen compensation for high-risk and difficult essential medical services such as cerebrovascular disease and organ transplants.”
Jeong Bong-oh, Donga.com reporter bong087@donga.com
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