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Medical Association, which has demanded withdrawal, is going on a general strike today (14th), claiming that health care policies such as expanding medical school quotas were made with rush. If you are planning to go to the hospital, please refer to it. It seems that 25% of the 8,300 local clinics will take a break, but the government's policy is to force the hospital to open if the break rate exceeds 30%.

Reporter Nam Joo-hyun reports.

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A notice was posted to a clinic in Seoul stating that they are closed today.

In order to participate in the general strike, 25% of local lawmakers decided to take a break, and 8,300 nationwide.

In the general strike after six years since 2014, not only doctors from local clinics, but also doctors majoring in university hospitals and some full-time doctors who were closed on the 7th.

However, unlike the 7th, labor, emergency, dialysis, and inpatients and critically ill patients were excluded from the strike.

[Dae-Ha Kim/Spokesman of the Korean Medical Association: Because it is an unavoidable choice in the context of limited means of expressing opinions, it maintains essential medical functions to the extent that it does not cause nuisance to patients and citizens as much as possible... ] The

Hallym Institute of Medicine, a group of scholars and elders in the medical field, issued a call to talk with the medical community without setting an answer, saying that the problem is that the government operates the medical system arbitrarily without a long-term plan.

In preparation for the medical gap, the government plans to open the door forcibly if the leave rate exceeds 30%.

[Park Neung-hoo/Minister of Health and Welfare: If it is predicted that damage to the lives and safety of the people will occur, the local public health center has taken action to issue an order to commence business... .] The

list of medical institutions that can be treated today can be found on the homepages of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Health Insurance Corporation, and each city.