President's office insists on increasing medical school capacity by 2,000... ``Concentrated placement in medical schools in non-metropolitan areas'' = South Korea

On the 3rd, Son Tae-yoon, director of the presidential office's policy office, said, ``Currently, the government's stance on increasing the number of medical students by 2,000 has not changed at all.''
On the same day, Director Naru appeared on MBN's ``Current Affairs Special'' and said, ``Currently, I think it is inevitable that a plan to replenish medical staff will be made.''
He went on to say, ``We are now in a situation where we need to train approximately 3,000 additional people per year.
) There is no choice but to increase the number of cases. Considering various conditions, there are currently around 2,000 people." This means that by 2035, an additional 10,000 people will be added to the
The President's Office has determined that 5,000 people will be needed to bring the medically vulnerable areas up to the national average level. In addition, applications for student quotas for medical schools at 40 universities nationwide will be closed on the 4th.
He explained that, based on the number of applicants, the number of seats for each medical school will be determined by comprehensively considering the current state of health and medical care in each region, the number of doctors in the region, and the degree of aging of the population.
Director Song said, ``We are thinking of focusing on medical schools in non-metropolitan areas.The 17 medical schools are all small medical schools with less than 50 students.Internal medicine, surgery, etc.
We need to train people in various fields, but with less than 50 people, it is difficult to provide smooth education,'' he added. He also said, ``The government is not trying to solve the problem by just increasing numbers.
We are approaching this from the perspective of changing remuneration and ensuring smooth medical school education." For specialized doctors who do not return to the medical field, ``We have no choice but to take steps based on the law and principles.''
I have no choice but to go. I want you to join with the people," he said. Director Narimuro responded to the opposition camp's claim that the civil welfare debate was a pre-election campaign, saying, ``This is a process that has nothing to do with politics.
"I would like it to be understood as a process of increasing policy effectiveness by holding discussions on people's welfare in a way that communicates with them," he said.