Patient group ”welcomes proposal for resident doctors to return...patient anger will grow if they don't” = South Korea

On the 4th, the South Korean government announced that it would lift the ban on accepting resignations from medical residents and suspend administrative measures such as license suspensions when they return to work. Patient groups responded by saying, "We hope that the conflict between the strong and the strong will be resolved even a little.
Kim Seong-ju, president of the Korea Federation of Serious Diseases, said, "We want to help residents return as quickly as possible.
"I think this is a good idea. I think positively about the measures of revoking various orders and suspending administrative punishment when returning to work," Kim Jae-hak, chairman of the Korea Federation of Rare and Intractable Diseases, said, "Patients are
"Until now, we have not been in a position to take any action to resolve the issue, and have only expressed regret. We welcome this government action," he said. Another patient group official said, "The medical community and the government are fighting each other forcefully.
"Although we continued to stand firm and no solution was in sight, I think it is right to make compromises. It appears that the government made this decision out of a strong desire to normalize medical care."
However, patients expressed concern about whether such measures would lead to any real results, arguing that "resident doctors must use this as an opportunity to return to work."
Kim Seong-ju said, "It is not a practical proposal, so I cannot guarantee that many medical residents will return, but I am concerned that measures have been prepared in case that happens.
"The government has shown no preparations in response to its failure to encourage the return of Koreans to Korea so far, saying it will "revise its measures later," but it seems suspicious that it is once again doing nothing."
Chairman Kim Jae-hak said, "The medical residents need to return quickly, and I hope that the Ministry of Health and Welfare will keep its word to the patient groups that it will 'minimize the damage to patients' when they were not yet able to return."
However, some have pointed out that the withdrawal of the administrative order and the suspension of disciplinary action could be a "free pass" for medical residents. Kim Seong-ju, the company's president, said, "The government is trying to prevent medical residents from being separated from their patients.
"We will support them to become outstanding medical professionals," but I don't think this is the right signal. Patients have been suffering for a long time, and before they return, the resident doctors have been giving up on patients and the public.
Shouldn't they offer a sincere apology?" he said.