The Korean Medical Council (Daejeon Cooperative), which represents doctors majoring in interns and residents, announced yesterday (26th) that it will convert Corona 19 treatment, which had been operated by staffing majors, into a volunteer form.

This is because the government issued an order to commence business yesterday to major doctors and full-time doctors in the metropolitan area who took an indefinite group break in response to the policy to expand medical school quotas.

The Daejeon Association said, "Before the order to commence business, the hospital has placed the requested personnel at the screening clinic to see Corona 19 treatment. After the order to commence business, all doctors in the field will only volunteer in the case of corona 19 screening treatment," he said.

Since the 21st, major doctors have gone on strike for an indefinite period of time to return to work, including essential medical care such as emergency rooms and intensive care units.

After going on strike, they met with the government on the 23rd, including Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun, Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neung-hoo, and head of the State Affairs Coordination Office, Gu Yoon-cheol. I have said it.

Afterwards, when the government expressed the expectation that "specialists will return to essential medical care such as the emergency room," they drew a line saying, "We only participate in treatment limited to Corona 19 response, and there is no return to the ward, emergency room, or intensive care unit."

However, in the sense of rejecting the government's order to commence business, the Daejeon Association decided to take even COVID-19 treatment in the form of volunteers.

Along with the strike, the Daejeon Association announced that it would also engage in rejection campaigns such as professional qualification exams and intern exams.

In particular, today, we plan to hold the '5th Young Doctors Group Action', where only those who wish to resign.

Prior to this, the government issued an order to commence business to major and full-time doctors who took an indefinite group break (strike).

The order to commence business entails penalties that are strong enough to revoke a doctor's license if violated.

This is the first time that the government has issued an order to commence business to a doctor who is a major or full-time doctor who is not a medical institution.

In the meantime, orders were mainly issued to medical institutions at the medical level that participated in the group leave. Daejeon Hyup Chairman Park Ji-hyun said, "We will maintain collective action by opposing the provisional agreement proposed by the Korean Medical Association."

He said, "If the government puts an agreement on the expansion of medical school gardens, establishment of public medical colleges, provision of concessions, telemedicine, etc. and agrees with the medical community, it will stop group action at any time."

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