China News Service, March 11. According to Yonhap News Agency, according to news from the Korean government and the medical community on the 11th, as of the 8th, the Ministry of Health and Welfare of South Korea sent a total of 4,944 interns and resident doctors who refused to return to work notices of revoking their medical licenses, and The notice is being sent to the remaining striking doctors one by one.
According to reports, South Korea’s Ministry of Welfare stated that doctors who return to work before the administrative sanction process is completed will be treated leniently.
The Ministry of Welfare calls for the protection of interns and residents who are willing to return to frontline work.
In order to assist doctors who have been reinstated or intend to be reinstated, the government will set up and operate a "Protection and Reporting Center" from the 12th, and open a telephone and text message reporting hotline.
The Ministry of Welfare also plans to allow doctors to practice in other hospitals upon request and observe whether they will be adversely affected by exclusion or other adverse effects in the future.
The report also mentioned that the government will allocate 188.2 billion won (approximately RMB 1.03 billion) from the National Health Insurance (medical insurance) finance within one month from the 11th to fill the medical vacancies caused by collective layoffs.
According to previous reports, starting from the 11th, the Ministry of Welfare will dispatch 20 military doctors and 138 public health doctors to 20 hospitals.
This group of medical personnel is mainly responsible for operations on critically ill and emergency patients to alleviate problems such as delayed medical treatment.
A previous written survey of 100 intern hospitals across South Korea by the Ministry of Welfare showed that as of 11 a.m. on the 8th, the total number of interns and residents who were absent from work was 11,994, accounting for 92.9% of the total.