South Korea’s 7,000 off-duty doctors will be revoked, and the related treatment is irreversible.
Original title:South Korea’s 7,000 ex-doctors will lose their licenses.
The reporter learned from the Korean government that 7,000 interns and residents who have left their posts will enter the procedure of revoking their doctor’s licenses, and the relevant treatment is irreversible. (General Desk reporter Zhang Yun)
Previously reported
According to CCTV news, February 29th is the deadline set by the South Korean government for the returnees in the "resignation tide".
On the one hand, Korean junior doctors keep protesting and making their own demands; On the other hand, most people in South Korea support the tough attitude of the government.
How this medical crisis, which has lasted for nearly two weeks, will end has aroused widespread concern in Korean society.
On March 1, the South Korean police conducted a compulsory investigation on the relevant persons of the Korean Medical Association who were reported for allegedly violating the Medical Law.
Jeong-hwan Kim, a senior official of the South Korean Ministry of Health, revealed that from March 4th, the government will warn doctors who continue to violate the "Return to Work Order".
According to Korean law, the government can revoke the doctor’s license for up to one year for doctors who seriously endanger public health, and doctors may face three years’ imprisonment or a fine of 30 million won, which is about 160,000 yuan.
South Korea’s Minister of Interior and Security Lee Sang-min:
In principle, we will investigate and deal with the refusal of the leaders and forces behind illegal collective actions to comply with the government’s order to resume work.
Individual interns who refuse to return to work will be tried through formal prosecution. The tough stance of the Korean government was opposed by the Korean Medical Association.
On February 29th, an inspection of 100 large-scale internship hospitals in China showed that as of 7: 00 pm the previous day, 9997 interns affiliated to these hospitals had submitted resignation reports, accounting for 80.2% of the total.
The actual number of doctors absent from work was 9076, accounting for 72.8%.
According to the statistics of the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare, as of 5: 00 pm on February 29th, the number of residents returning to the medical field after the strike increased by 271 compared with the previous day, totaling 565.
Patient:
I was diagnosed with stage III pancreatic cancer. The situation in the hospital is very complicated. There are no empty seats in the waiting room, and many patients who can’t receive treatment in other hospitals also come here. The shortage of medical resources has caused dissatisfaction among the Korean people.