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Against the policy to increase the number of medical students, the government has decided to give medical students an opportunity to take the exams to medical students who have refused to take the exam this year.

It is decided to take the national examination for doctors once a year, twice next year, but there is also a controversy over whether it is fair to give the opportunity again compared to other national examinations.



This is reporter Kim Hyung-rae.



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In August, medical students opposed the government's policy to increase the number of medical students and gave up on national examinations, or national examinations.



Even after major doctors and practitioners who refused to receive medical treatment returned, more than 80% of the fourth graders of the main department refused to receive national treatment.



The government hasn't stepped back for months either.



[Song Young-rae/Spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (October 28): There is no change from the previous position that national consent must be preceded on the national examination for doctors.]



However, as the third pandemic of Corona 19 began, the government eventually changed its position. It.



He announced that it will increase the doctor's office next year from once to twice, and that the first half test will be conducted at the end of January.



In fact, the 2,700 who gave up on the test this year will be separated from their juniors and will give them the opportunity to take the test separately next month.



[Lee Ki-il/Head of Health and Medical Policy Division, Ministry of Health and Welfare: In particular, the fatigue of medical staff has also accumulated, and about 380 people in public health are expected to be short.]



But right now, there was a controversy over fairness.



Unlike other national exams, it is actually a'prime' to re-grant an exam opportunity that a candidate has refused.



[Lee Chang-jun/Ministry of Health and Welfare Health and Medical Policy Officer: It can be pointed out that it is not fair or fair to get the test done as soon as possible.

We will continue to make an effort to explain to the public and seek understanding.]



Those who pass the national examination will be assigned as trainees at hospitals at different levels in accordance with the government policy.



The government decided to increase the proportion of non-capital private hospitals and public hospitals deployed in non-metropolitan areas to 82% from 67% in the case of those who passed the national inspection in the first half of next year, who once refused national inspection.



(Video editing: Kim Joon-hee, VJ: Oh Se-gwan)