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People Power Party MP Ahn Cheol-soo Calls for Reform in Medical Education Policy

People Power Party MP Ahn Cheol-soo. /News 1

People Power Party lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo, a former doctor, argued that the government’s policy direction of insisting on expanding the medical school tuition fee by 2,000 next year has “completely ruined” the medical system.

In an interview with the medical media ‘Young Doctor’ on the 27th, Congressman Ahn Cheol-soo said: “The problem with medical care in our country is that the number of essential doctors and scientists is decreasing, and the ‘Local medical care is decreasing.’ He added: ‘This problem must be solved by the government level of advanced countries. The same goes for the public health system. “The government must invest,” he said.

Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo said, “Our country promotes a basic public health system,” and added, “They emphasize a good public health system, but they don’t spend money, they don’t transfer responsibility to the private sector, and they control prices only. “In the United States, public medical institutions account for 30% of all medical institutions, but in Korea they account for only 10%.”

Regarding the government’s policy to increase the number of medical school students, he said: “We conducted a simulation to solve these problems and found that there should be evidence that a certain number of doctors is needed. He added: “The number of doctors”. the necessary should be entered at the end, but by doing it on the contrary they completely ruined everything. “If we increase the number of people by 2,000 every year, 10 years after the creation of doctors, 2,000 people will open dermatological clinics every year” , he has declared.

Regarding the upcoming announcement of each university’s admissions implementation plan, MP Ahn Cheol-soo said, “There is no other way to do it now other than a one-year postponement,” and added, “Let’s fix the size of the medical school quota for a year in a new advisory body “In fact, in the current situation we cannot provide adequate medical education,” he said.

Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo said, “First of all, we are trying to organize a meeting so that the medical school professors and the president’s office can meet,” and added, “I’m not sure if this will happen weekend or not.” , but we are trying to create such a meeting.” “I think it’s important to open the door to dialogue,” he said.

He said: “I’m a former doctor, but I’m on the people’s side. “There may be some doctors who are upset, but I think politicians should be that way,” she said. “I hope he can return to the patient’s side as soon as possible.” “I hope the government stops insisting on increasing the number of medical school students by 2,000,” she said.

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