"협의체 만든다면서…의사는 책임감·여야정은 해결능력 없어"Doctors reject participation in gov't-led c

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Doctors reject participation in gov't-led consultative body amid standoff over medical school quota hike plan

"협의체 만든다면서…의사는 책임감·여야정은 해결능력 없어"

보건의료노조 논평…"가족끼리 '아프지 말자'고 인사하는 추석 만들 건가"

"연휴 반납하고 추석 전에 의료대란 해법 합의해야"

Oh Seok-min National 18:08 September 13, 2024 Yonhap News

SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- Doctors and medical professors announced a decision Friday not to join a consultative body proposed by the government and the ruling party to resolve the monthslong medical standoff, saying that it is "premature" to do so unless the government changes its course.
Earlier this month, the government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) proposed the establishment of a joint consultative body involving rival parties and the medical community to discuss the government's medical reform plan that centers on raising the medical school admission quota to around 2,000 annually for the next five years or so.
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The plan faced fierce opposition from doctors, and most of South Korea's 13,000 trainee doctors have left their workplaces since February, causing serious disruptions to the national health care system.
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"At a time when the government has maintained its stance, it is premature for us to take part in the consultative body," Choi An-na, a spokesperson of the Korean Medical Association (KMA), said in a press briefing.
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"If the government wants a dialogue, it should stop the probe regarding the mass resignation by trainee doctors and stop pushing for the quota hike plan for 2025," she said, calling for in-depth discussions to determine the possible quota adjustment.
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The statement was issued jointly by the KMA, the national medical school professors' council and six other groups of doctors.
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Officials move a patient to an emergency care center in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2024. (Yonhap)
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The KMA has demanded the government cancel its plan to raise the medical school admissions quota for 2025 and 2026 and discuss the possible quota adjustment for 2027 or afterward.
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Though the PPP and the government have said they can have talks with the medical circle on all possible options, the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol said it is practically impossible to withdraw the hike plan for next year.
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The government finalized in June a quota hike of some 1,500 students for next year, and due college entrance procedures have already begun.
"If the government goes ahead with the quota increase plan for 2025, schools have to teach 7,500 students under the circumstances for educating around 3,000 students. It will cause confusion for the next 30 years," Choi said.
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Participants in an emergency meeting of the Korean Medical Association hold signs in Seoul in protest of the government's plan to drastically increase the medial school admissions quota, in this file photo taken Aug. 31, 2024. (Yonhap)
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In response to the latest statement by doctors, PPP floor leader Choo Kyung-ho voiced regrets, while stressing that "the door for dialogue still remains open."
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"(Doctors) have repeatedly said about what they can never accept. Rather than refusing dialogue, I hope the ruling, opposition parties, doctors and the government gather together and find a good solution," Choo told reporters.
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With no signs of progress in talks between the government and doctors, concerns are mounting over a deeper crisis, particularly during the Chuseok holiday.
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Hospitals have been forced to cut back on surgeries, outpatient treatment services and emergency room operations.
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The government has dispatched military and public doctors to emergency care centers and run a task force in charge of monitoring and handling the national emergency care system.
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It has also decided to markedly raise the payment by patients for emergency care services during the holiday if they visit hospital ERs with mild cases.
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graceoh@yna.co.kr
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"협의체 만든다면서…의사는 책임감·여야정은 해결능력 없어"

송고시간2024-09-13 09:19 성서호 기자 연합뉴스

보건의료노조 논평…"가족끼리 '아프지 말자'고 인사하는 추석 만들 건가"

"연휴 반납하고 추석 전에 의료대란 해법 합의해야"

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(서울=연합뉴스) 성서호 기자 = 전국보건의료산업노동조합(보건의료노조)은 13일 협의체 구성을 미루는 의사단체와 여야정 양측을 비판하며 추석 전까지 의료대란 해법을 마련해야 한다고 촉구했다.

보건의료노조는 이날 "여야가 의료 비상사태 우선 해결에 공감하고, 여야의정 협의체 가동에 집중하기로 한 점은 정말 다행"이라면서도 "하지만 여야의정 모두 여전히 무리한 전제조건을 달고 날 선 책임 공방을 벌이고 있다"고 질타했다.

보건의료노조는 "의료대란 책임 소재, 2025년 의대 증원 백지화 여부, 사과와 문책 등 협의체 출범 조건 등을 둘러싼 공방 때문에 협의체 구성은 한 발짝도 진전되지 않고 있다"며 "이러다가는 변죽만 울려놓고 아예 출발조차 못 할 것이라는 우려마저 나온다"고 했다.

그러면서 "여야의정 모두가 국민 생명을 살린다는 명분을 내세우고 있지만, 의사단체는 책임감과 사명감이 없고, 여야정은 정치력과 해결 능력이 없다"며 " 7개월이 넘는 최악의 의료공백 사태 때문에 세계 최고 수준을 자랑하는 K-의료(한국 의료)는 속수무책으로 무너지고 있다"고 지적했다.

보건의료노조는 "가족들끼리 만나 서로 '아프지 말자'고 인사하는 씁쓸한 추석을 쇠게 할 것인가"라며 "여야의정은 추석 연휴조차 반납하고 72시간 마라톤 협의를 해 국민에게 안겨줄 희망의 결과물을 만들어내야 한다"고 강조했다.

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