Prime Minister Han Yeong-soo: ``Talk to professors, majors, and medical students anytime, anywhere'' = South Korea

Prime Minister Han Deok-soo visited Chungnam University Hospital on the 27th and expressed once again his intention to engage in dialogue with the medical community.
On this day, Prime Minister Han visited the emergency medical center and regional clinical faculty at Chungnam National University Hospital in Daejeon.
The Prime Minister's Office said they toured the construction site of a training center and inspected the emergency medical care system. Prime Minister Han sat separately facing hospital director Cho Kang-hee and other medical staff.
At this occasion, Prime Minister Han said, ``The government is also making efforts to quickly resolve the various difficulties caused by the collective actions of specialized doctors.I am very sorry that consultations were not held well in advance.''
"Uh," he said. Prime Minister Han expressed regret that representatives of medical school professors, major doctors, and medical students did not participate in a meeting held the day before with medical professionals. He continued, ``The government is the medical community.
"We hope to resolve the issue through dialogue with the government, and we have a strong desire for dialogue." Prime Minister Han also announced his intention to engage in direct dialogue. Professors, major doctors, and medical student representatives
once again requested that they participate in the dialogue. He also introduced the government's bold financial investment policy in the health and medical field, saying, ``The government will consult closely with the medical community as a partner throughout this process.
I strongly hope that substantive policies will be implemented. "Consultation with the medical community is absolutely necessary to determine spending priorities and reflect them in the budget."
Prime Minister Han responded to concerns about the decline in the quality of education when increasing the number of medical students by 2,000, and announced that he would announce improvement measures in April. national university
111.4 billion won (approximately 12,478.35 million yen) will be invested in expanding the facilities and equipment of academic hospitals, and 1 trillion won (112 billion yen) will be invested over nine years in medical research and development, of which 180 billion won (approximately 201 million yen) will be invested in medical research and development.
He emphasized that 62.52 billion yen) will be allocated to essential medical fields. Furthermore, Chungnam National University Hospital will be the first national university hospital to promote the construction of a regional clinical education and training center.
I look forward to Chungnam National University Hospital's various roles so that medical personnel who have received training can take responsibility for the lives and health of residents in the Chungcheong and Daejeon areas."
Starting in 2021, the government has been supporting the construction of clinical education and training centers, mainly at national university hospitals, to expand the local training environment. Related centers of Chungnam University
The center is aiming to open in August.