Originally, the Korean government planned to expand the enrollment scale of medical universities in the next 10 year in order to better cope with public health emergencies, but this plan was strongly opposed by the medical community. On August 7, Korean doctors' groups organized a strike to protest against the plan, saying that it is best to use the funds to raise the salaries of existing medical students. As the medical strike intensified, on August 26th, according to the Korean Medical Association and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the president of the Medical Association had an informal dialogue with the Minister of Health and Welfare, Park Hou Ling. The two sides originally agreed that the government would suspend the enrollment expansion policy of medical schools and the medical profession would suspend the strike before the COVID-19 epidemic stabilized, but the Korean intern agreement would oppose this temporary agreement. ?

Reuters said that there are currently less than 300 infectious disease experts in Korea, accounting for less than 1% of the total number of 65,438+10,000 doctors. Park Ling-hou, Minister of Health and Welfare of South Korea, said that although Seoul has three doctors per 65,438+10,000 people, Gyeongsangbuk-do has only 1.4 doctors per 65,438+10,000 people. However, the enrollment expansion plan has aroused strong opposition from the medical community. ?

As a result, many interns held internal meetings on the interim agreement, and finally expressed their opposition to the agreement and continued to adhere to it? If the government does not completely cancel the enrollment expansion plan, it will not be able to stop running clinics. The original position. However, the intern association started an indefinite strike on 2 1. In response, the Minister of Health and Welfare of the Republic of Korea issued an executive order on the 26th, requiring doctors and interns in metropolitan hospitals such as Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon to return to work immediately from 8 am that day.

What does the Korean medical community accuse the South Korean government of expanding enrollment for? A hasty unilateral decision? They think that there are enough medical personnel in Korea, and the salaries of existing doctors should be higher. At the same time, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said that government staff will go to the scene to check whether interns and other personnel in the emergency room and intensive care unit of the corresponding hospital have resumed their posts, and will check the implementation after individual orders are issued.