100 days after residents left the country... 2,900 residents apply for 1 million won support from Korean Medical Association (South Korea)

It has been learned that around 2,900 medical residents have applied for a livelihood support project run by the Korean Medical Association, which provides 1 million won (approximately 114,969 yen) each to medical residents who are struggling to make ends meet after long periods of resignation.
About 390 residents applied for the project, which pairs senior doctors with residents on a one-to-one basis to provide them with interest-free or low-interest loans of 250,000 won (US$251) each per month.
According to the medical community on the 29th, by 9 a.m. on the 27th, about 2,900 medical residents had applied for the medical association's livelihood support program, which provides 1 million won per resident.
After verifying the identities of the applicants and reviewing their applications, the association paid out 1 million won each to about 280 medical residents by the 23rd. Lim Hyun Tae, who took office this month, said he would pay his entire first month's salary to the association.
The donation was reportedly made to a livelihood support project, which has raised 60 million won (approximately 6,898,140 yen) to date.
The medical association said that the resignation letter submitted by the resident doctor to the hospital was not accepted and that he was forced to leave his job at another workplace.
Since the 2nd, the government has been accepting applications for livelihood support through a call center dedicated to supporting resident physicians, as they are unable to find medical assistance and are struggling to make ends meet.
As of this day, about 700 people had applied for the public call for submissions of memoirs conducted by the Medical Association to ask resident doctors about ways to improve health and medical policies.
In addition, the association has announced that senior doctors will lend 250,000 won to each resident doctor every month at no interest or at a low interest rate of less than 2% under the "Senior Doctor Loan Program."
The Association is currently accepting applications for the "Support Program for Matching Doctors with Residents." Approximately 270 senior doctors and 390 residents have applied for this program. The Association will continue to support residents through matching.
The residents who left their hospitals for 100 days from February 20th have not been allowed to find work at other medical institutions, and some are said to be struggling to make ends meet.
A resident doctor at a hospital in the capital area said, "There are people who have lost their income and are struggling to make ends meet. They say they are receiving support little by little here and there, but
"It doesn't seem to have a big impact on whether people can return from financial difficulties."