▲ Trainee doctors` strike

70 percent of trainee doctors held a silent protest with pickets because of the government's plan of raising more medical students for ten years.

The cause of the strike is the government's plan for medical improvement. On July 23rd, there was an announcement about establishing more public medical schools, and increasing the number of medical students for ten years. However, trainee doctors strongly protested against the government's plan. Trainee doctors claimed that the current medical profession cannot afford many medical students, and also, there is a possibility of producing poor doctors due to the low quality of education.

▲ They protested due to government`s plan for raising more medical students

Despite the large protest of trainee doctors, there were no major disruptions found so far. Medical professors and clinical doctors fill the absence of trainee doctors. A reporter met some patients waiting for ambulatory care, and the patients said there was no noticeable difference between before and after the strike. According to some medical staff, he said that there was no problem with managing the hospital for a day, but they had a lot of concerns if the protest would be prolonged.

The Korean Medical Association determined that they supported the trainee doctors' protest. According to them, trainee doctors' strenuous labor for over 100 hours per week has been a problem, And also, they criticized the way the government trained medical workers. Knowing trainee doctors' hard work, Korean Medical Association said that they had a responsibility not to make medical vacuum for trainee doctors' protest.

▲ The government asked the Medical Profession Association to solve this problem by communication

The government asked the Medical Profession Association to solve this problem by communication. The government asked the Medical Profession Association to solve this problem by communication The government will compromise with the Korean Intern Resident Association about the improvement of medical conditions and the way they support the medical profession. Also, the Medical Profession Association and the government discussed the constitution of the Health and Medical Development Association and hoped for a better policy by mutual consent.

August 9th, by Kwak Chae Hyeon