Professor at Yonsei University School of Medicine: ``If major doctors and medical students are punished, we won't sit idly by'' - South Korean report

Professors at Yonsei University School of Medicine are also calling for a complete reconsideration of the South Korean government's plan to increase the number of medical school students by 2,000. Furthermore, ``physicians who resigned en masse will be punished.''
``I will not sit by and watch it if it happens.'' The Yonsei University Faculty of Medicine Faculty Council issued a statement on the 24th, saying, ``The government must stop its undemocratic oppression of major doctors and students.''
The council said, ``The compulsory sub-cost remuneration for life-threatening essential medical care has inevitably led to the decline of essential medical care.''
"Increasing the number of injuries does not mean hospitals will absorb deficits and increase investment in essential care." Policy to increase medical school capacity and essential medical care announced by the Korean government
He criticized the policy package as ``just a political show by the government'' and ``a collection of theoretical theories that have nothing to do with policies to make the most of essential medical care.''
The council will disclose the basis for the decision to increase the number of students in medical schools by 2,000, conduct a complete review, and faithfully reflect the opinions of clinical medical experts.
They demanded a return to the system that had been exposed, an end to inspections of major doctors and medical students, and an end to intimidation. He continued, ``If unfair punishment of our students becomes a reality, as a teacher, I will absolutely not stand by.''
I won't,'' he said. An emergency response committee made up of professors from Seoul University School of Medicine and Hospital also issued a statement on the 23rd, saying, ``This weekend is the limit,'' and ``no satisfactory measures will be taken by the Korean government.''
If not, we will have no choice but to act together with the major and primary care physician." The Korea Association of Medical Colleges and Medical Graduate Schools, an association of presidents of medical schools nationwide, also held a press conference on the 19th, saying, ``2,000 people
Considering the educational environment of the 40 medical schools and medical graduate schools nationwide, this number is impossible to accept in a short period of time.''