“I want the specialist doctor to come back as soon as possible”… Appeal from the director of the National Central Medical Center = South Korean report

``Currently, the proportion of seriously ill patients is increasing, but the nurses and doctors on the front lines are gradually becoming exhausted.I hope that the specialized doctors who are away from the field will return soon.''
Choo Young-soo, director of the National Medical Center, strongly criticized the collective actions of doctors who took patients hostage.
Director Joo held a press conference on the 17th at a medical clinic in Seoul Jung-gu (Jung-gu), where he talked about the current medical system.
He prefaced the situation by calling the STEM an emergency situation, and said, ``No matter what happens, we should say that through dialogue and persuasion, we will be able to have an amicable dialogue between the specialized doctors and the South Korean government,'' adding, ``The people are watching.''
he emphasized. Director Choo's resolute remarks come as a month has passed since the collective action by specialized doctors, and the medical vacuum is worsening. At the National Central Medical Center
Fifty-five of the 71 specialized doctors have submitted their resignations. In particular, from the 25th of this month, medical professors at 20 advanced general hospitals across the country, who have been protecting hospitals without specialized doctors day and night, will
Teasing the resignation fight. Until they resign, they are expected to do their best to treat patients, but the professors have effectively decided to leave the university and the hospital. The Korean Hospital Physician Council also held on this day.
Although the timing was not specified, the meeting hinted at the possibility of a legal compliance fight centered on shortening the night and weekend clinic hours for individual clinic doctors.
The Korean government has set a medical school capacity of 2,000, including doctors at advaced general hospitals, public medical institutions, and private hospitals/clinics.
There is a growing possibility that groups will take action against the policy to increase the number of employees. If they take group action, seriously ill patients will be directly affected. Moreover, even the nurses and full-time doctors at the site are experiencing accumulated fatigue.
The possibility of leaving the workplace for this reason is increasing. Director Ju, who is facing a situation where a major medical disruption is becoming a reality, said, ``The dispatch of military doctors and official doctors alone is insufficient to keep the medical system operating normally.''
``I hope that specialized doctors will resolve the current problems without turning their backs on patients.''