Last day, an emergency committee of medical professors vowed to take a day off next week, claiming their fatigue had reached its peak amid a prolonged walkout among trainee doctors, Yonhap news agency reported. .
"The government regrets the decision by medical professors to take weekly leave while vowing to resign as scheduled," Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo told reporters.
Nearly 12,000 trainee doctors have walked off their workplaces since February 20 in protest against government plans to increase the number of medical students, forcing major hospitals to delay or cancel surgeries and other public health services.
Medical professors had also resigned last month in support of the walkout of junior doctors. Park urged medical professors to come to the negotiating table with a rational and unified proposal, stressing that the government has made efforts, including responding to requests from heads of national universities for flexibility in expanding medical school enrollment quotas. Including adjusting.
Under the decision announced last week, which is largely considered a compromise, universities will be allowed to freely increase their admission quotas, with annual increases ranging between 50 percent to 100 percent."The government is willing to have one-on-one discussions with the Medica community, including the emergency committee of medical professors, and will continue communication efforts," Park said.
While some professors vowed to begin stepping down on Thursday, a month after handing in resignation letters in mass action, Park reiterated that their resignations will not be processed automatically.
The second deputy health minister said, "According to education officials, there are no instances where resignation letters have been officially submitted to universities for processing."
"The government regrets the decision by medical professors to take weekly leave while vowing to resign as scheduled," Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo told reporters.
Nearly 12,000 trainee doctors have walked off their workplaces since February 20 in protest against government plans to increase the number of medical students, forcing major hospitals to delay or cancel surgeries and other public health services.
Medical professors had also resigned last month in support of the walkout of junior doctors. Park urged medical professors to come to the negotiating table with a rational and unified proposal, stressing that the government has made efforts, including responding to requests from heads of national universities for flexibility in expanding medical school enrollment quotas. Including adjusting.
Under the decision announced last week, which is largely considered a compromise, universities will be allowed to freely increase their admission quotas, with annual increases ranging between 50 percent to 100 percent."The government is willing to have one-on-one discussions with the Medica community, including the emergency committee of medical professors, and will continue communication efforts," Park said.
While some professors vowed to begin stepping down on Thursday, a month after handing in resignation letters in mass action, Park reiterated that their resignations will not be processed automatically.
The second deputy health minister said, "According to education officials, there are no instances where resignation letters have been officially submitted to universities for processing."
