South Korean President Yun Seok-Yeol: ``While the number of lawyers has increased 30 times, the capacity of medical schools has increased 2.2 times.''

On the 6th, President Yoon Seo-gyeol refuted the medical community's claims one by one, saying, ``The claim that the rapid increase in the number of people will degrade the quality of medical education is not true.''
President Yoon said, ``Since 1977, when health insurance was first introduced, South Korea's GDP has increased 116 times and national medical expenses have increased 5 to 11 times, but the number of doctors during the same period has increased 7 times.
"It only increased," he said. In particular, ``During the same period, the capacity of medical schools increased by just 2.2 times from 1,380 to 3,058.The number of lawyers produced annually during the same period increased from 58 to 172.''
"The number has increased 30 times to five people." This afternoon, President Yoon was at the Sejong Government Building to inspect the emergency medical care system based on collective action of doctors and to discuss major issues in medical reform.
He personally presided over the meeting of the ``Physician Collective Action Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters.'' President Yoon said, ``The medical reform that the government is promoting is being carried out along with alternative medical policies based on increasing the number of medical faculty.
In order to quickly normalize the situation, we will speed up the implementation of the essential medical package policy." President Yoon also specifically presented the point that increasing the number of medical students is a critical step toward recovering medical care. Yun Da
The President said, ``As a result of receiving applications from universities to increase the number of medical students next year, a total of 3,401 students were received, far exceeding the results of the demand survey at the end of last year.However, some in the medical community are concerned that the rapid increase in medical students is causing a decline in the quality of medical education.
"I claim that," he criticized. President Yoon described this as a ``false claim'' and said, ``The number of students per year per medical school is 77, while in Germany it is 243, in the UK 221, and in the United States.
There are 146 people. "The government's attempt to increase the number of students from small medical schools with a capacity of 40 to 50 people is an attempt to normalize medical education in line with global standards."
He further explained, ``The legal number of students per faculty member is eight, but the current average for medical schools is only 1.6, so the number of full-time professors is extremely large.''
President Yoon also pointed out that, ``For the past 30 years, concerns about the capacity of medical schools and efforts to improve the quality of medical education have been virtually ignored.''
President Yoon said that the 47 advanced general hospitals nationwide have a lopsided structure in which 35% of all doctors are in training.
He also criticized it. President Yoon said, ``The working hours of specialist doctors are excessively long at 77.7 hours per week. Until now, large hospitals have relied too much on the sacrifices of young specialist doctors."
This is a judgment that will definitely correct the operational structure of hospitals that threaten the health and lives of the people. We actively utilize skilled clinical support nurse PAs to provide fundamental medical care.
He also suggested that reform of the medical care system be promoted. President Yoon said, ``The government can fill the gap by taking appropriate measures against doctors who have abdicated their responsibility for the lives and safety of the people.''
Strengthen the emergency medical care system. "Nurses will develop into skilled medical professionals." In addition, ``we will invest in public health doctors and military medical officers, and provide support for personnel expenses to recruit new human resources.''
implement. The system has been left in a distorted state by expanding incentives for the Big 5 hospitals to concentrate on seriously ill patients and transfer non-severely ill patients to regional general and specialized hospitals.
We will normalize the medical delivery system." President Yoon said, ``The Minister of Health and Welfare must consult with relevant ministries, mobilize all available resources, and respond without any gaps to prevent harm to the people.''
Yes. "We will continue to promote and complete medical reform without wavering at all," he added.