Civic Group Files Complaint Against Ajou University Medical Center Director Over Lee Guk-jong Swearing Scandal

Hee-Seok Yoo, Medical Director of Ajou University Hospital

[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] Yoo Hee-seok, the director of Ajou University Medical Center and head of the Gyeonggi Southern Regional Trauma Center, has been reported to the police for verbally abusing Lee Guk-jong, a professor and head of the trauma center.

The civic group, the Committee for the Protection of the Common People's Livelihood, announced on the 18th that they filed a complaint with the National Police Agency against Director Yoo on charges of obstruction of business, neglect of duty, and insult.

In the complaint, the group claimed, "Director Yoo obstructed the normal operations of the trauma center run by Professor Lee by refusing to allocate hospital rooms, among other methods," and added, "The trauma center receives an annual government subsidy of 6 billion KRW, but by not operating it according to principles, he neglected his duties."

They continued, "He verbally abused Professor Lee in front of hospital staff, saying things like 'Because of you, the hospital is going to collapse,'" and criticized, "The accused abandoned his sense of duty and responsibility as a doctor, damaging the honor of the medical center and doctors including Professor Lee."

Following the recent release of an audio recording of Director Yoo's verbal abuse, the conflict between the hospital administration and Professor Lee has become public. The Ajou University School of Medicine Faculty Association demanded on the 16th that Director Yoo resign and apologize, stating, "Verbal violence is unacceptable regardless of the motive or underlying conflicts of the incident."

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