On the 19th, Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized the government’s plan to expand the number of medical school students, saying: “How can you come up with the idea of increasing the number of students? to medical school) for 2,000 at once?” and “Isn’t this an attempt at political showmanship?” At the same time, he said, “we will create an emergency response organization within the party and discuss with the Order of Doctors of the problems caused by the increase in the number of doctors”. This is interpreted as the intention not to let the government and the ruling party lose the issue of the “expansion of medical school quotas” intended for the moderates before of the general elections.
Representative Lee said this day at the party’s Supreme Council meeting: “What was the reaction of the ruling party when the Democratic Party proposed to increase the number of medical school students by 400 students per year for 10 years ?” and “If we immediately increased the number of students to 2,000, which is five times the number to 400, current medical schools will not be able to accommodate them.” “It’s possible?” he asked. He continued: “I think the political authorities also predicted this. “Isn’t that stupid?”, he said. “After making a request that (the medical association) cannot accept, and after maximizing the confusion and backlash to get public attention, someone comes along and debunks it to reach an amicable compromise.” .” “It is not true?” he asked. Representative Lee said: “(For the policy to expand the number of medical school students to be successful), there must be important contents such as the establishment of a public medical school, the establishment of a local medical school and the introduction of a local medical school.” medical system”. “We will talk with the medical association to increase the number of doctors,” he added.
Plan spokesperson Yoon Young-deok also gave a briefing to the National Assembly that day and criticized, saying, “The government and the medical association are in direct conflict over the expansion of medical school seats” and “The people suffering from The tug-of-war between the medical community and the government is over people not receiving treatment on time.” He said: “We urge the Yoon Seok-yeol government to persuade people through dialogue rather than trying to resolve the problem by excluding doctors.”
Journalist Ahn Gyu-young kyu0@donga.com
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