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At the dawn of today (2nd), five hours before the general strike announced by the health and medical union, the union and the government reached a dramatic agreement. With this agreement, the medical vacuum that the union was worried about as the union decided to withdraw the general strike was avoided.  



Reporter Park Chan-geun reports.



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The negotiations between the government and the health care union, which have been held on 13 occasions since the end of May, have been dramatically concluded.



[Na Sun-ja/Chairman of the Health and Medical Association: Isn't it the first step in expanding public health care and expanding health and medical personnel? .]



[Gwondeokcheol / Secretary of Health and Human Services., We will sincerely discussed as the Ministry of Health and Welfare also be related to amendments to the relevant legislation, funding ministries, parliament]



did the government and unions to narrow their differences issues matter is a total of five, Even until the last minute, the two sides reconciled their opinions on the preparation of personnel standards for COVID-19 treatment hospitals, legislation of life safety allowances, detailed plans for expanding public health care, legislation on the number of patients per nurse, and expansion of nurses in charge of education and night care.



In the meantime, the government has taken the position that more time is needed to set the timing and standards for application of union requirements.



Then, five hours before the general strike, we agreed on a specific implementation time and plan for these issues.



The standard for nurse placement by severity will be prepared by this month, and medical personnel to respond to infectious diseases, called life safety allowance, will be institutionalized and will be supported by the national treasury from next year.



In order to improve the treatment of nursing personnel, the actual number of patients per nurse will also be legislated and will be implemented from 2023.



In addition, we will expand public hospitals and promote an education-only nurse system and an increase in night care fees.



After the marathon negotiations that lasted until dawn, the union decided to withdraw the general strike, avoiding the medical care vacuum and confusion in the medical field.