SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s public health minister said Monday the government will begin examining hospitals in a bid to prosecute doctors in training who ignored an ultimatum to end a strike over the government’s plans to increase medical school admissions.
About 9,000 citizens and interns, or about 70% of the country’s total, have abandoned the task since Feb. 20, leading to the cancellation of some surgeries and the overloading of emergency departments.
The government had warned protesting trainee doctors that they would face administrative and legal sanctions, adding suspension of their medical licenses and fines, or even prison sentences, if they returned to work until the end of last month.
“Starting today, we plan to conduct on-site inspections to verify the doctors in training who have returned and take action in accordance with the law and principles without exception,” Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong told a televised news conference.
“Please be aware that doctors who have not returned could experience serious disruption in their private careers. “
For the protesting doctors who have returned to the camp, Choo said the government will mitigate the cases when it takes any action that opposes them.
Later, Deputy Health Minister Park Min-so told a news conference that the government would take steps to suspend the medical licenses of about 7,000 trainee doctors who had left their jobs.
So far, there have been few signs of a backlash from either side. Thousands of South Korean doctors held a mass rally organized through the Korean Medical Association (KMA), which represents personal doctors, on Sunday, defying official calls for doctors in training to return. work.
The World Medical Association, an organization representing doctors, said Sunday that it “strongly condemns the moves of the Korean government that attempts to stifle the voice of elected leaders in the Korean Medical Association,” adding that it affirms doctors’ right to collective freedom. action, adding strikes.
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