Professors at ``Big 5'' Asan Hospital also submit resignation notices... ``Reducing medical care is inevitable'' = South Korea

As the South Korean government begins full-scale judicial proceedings against non-returning specialist doctors (interns), Seoul Asan Hospital, one of the so-called "Big 5" hospitals, and Ulsan University
The emergency committee of the Ulsan Medical University Professors' Council, which is made up of professors from the university and Gangneung Asan Hospital, held an emergency meeting and agreed to submit a letter of resignation in opposition to the government's measures.
The emergency response committee (non-committee) of the Ulsan Medical University Professors Council held an emergency general meeting remotely on the afternoon of the 7th, and two professors from three training hospitals (Seoul Asan, Ulsan University, and Gangneung Asan Hospital)
After a discussion attended by 54 people, it was announced that ``all teachers have decided to voluntarily submit their resignations.'' Although it was decided to voluntarily submit resignation notices to the independent committees of each hospital, there are no plans to receive them or the schedule.
was not determined. The non-committee said, ``We will do our best to treat patients until the end,'' but added, ``In order to maintain the treatment of highly difficult inpatients such as emergency and critical patient rooms, it is necessary to gradually reduce medical treatment.''
It's inevitable," he said. At the same day's meeting, the non-committee considered filing a lawsuit with the International Labor Organization (ILO) regarding the government's judicial treatment of medical professionals, but the Medical Practitioners Council decided not to finalize the preparations for filing a lawsuit.
Well, I decided not to file a lawsuit at the non-committee level. In addition, due to concerns about burnout and the risk of withdrawal among medical staff remaining in the field, hospitals are required to secure replacement personnel and reduce medical treatment functions.
I decided to propose a smaller school. We will continue to promote long-term legal reforms and system improvements regarding the work environment for intern and specialist doctors, and work in solidarity with the non-committee and teaching organizations of the Big 5 hospitals to ensure a safe return to the field.
The plan is to work together to create an environment where people can thrive. Meanwhile, professors from the Gyeongbuk University School of Medicine Dean's Association also announced today that they would be resigning all together.
In a statement, the Kyungpook University School of Medicine Dean's Association stated, ``Despite having publicly expressed strong opposing opinions several times,
``In response, the university headquarters and the president applied to the Ministry of Education to increase the number of students to a level that is completely unacceptable to the medical school.'' ``As educators, we cannot continue to ignore the deterioration of medical education.''
I am taking responsibility and resigning all together." Prior to this, all the presidents of the Catholic University School of Medicine submitted their resignations for the same reason yesterday, and the Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine
All the professors also submitted applications for resignation from supplementary positions and notifications of resignation.