Yoon Hee-sook: "Public Medical School Civic Group Recommendations Are for Maintaining and Strengthening Their Political Power"

A portion of Yoon Hee-sook, United Future Party lawmaker's Facebook post on the 31st.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Yoon Hee-sook, a member of the Future United Party, criticized the government regarding the recommendation of civic groups for the public medical school, saying, "All their attention is focused on maintaining and strengthening their political power."

On the 31st, Yoon said on Facebook, "The idea of occupying the education curriculum of professionals according to their political purposes is a shocking notion."

He pointed out, "Unlike other advanced countries facing polarization, social integration, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, our government seems indifferent as if deliberately ignoring educational reform tasks," adding, "this is because they see education not as education itself but as a political tool to perpetuate their political forces."

Yoon also noted that the conflict between the government and the medical community is along the same line. He said, "the increase in medical school quotas has been a steady agenda for the past 20 years, but there are still very few experts who can provide a clear-cut answer," explaining, "Although the logic for increasing quotas is strong due to the number of doctors per population and aging, complex issues such as doctors' labor intensity, internal distribution within the profession, and interactions with the medical system are intertwined."

He continued, "One thing is certain: there is absolutely no reason to raise this issue in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis," adding, "It is something that should be calmly discussed after jointly coping with the COVID-19 crisis."

Yoon said, "The guerrilla tactics of pushing forward while driving those fighting the virus in the medical field to the brink right now is due to the issue of establishing the public medical school, which must be concluded within the regime," adding, "The core members of this government intend to cultivate medical personnel who have been indoctrinated with their political orientation from a young age, alienate them within the medical profession, and then use them as government forces in the field of medical policy."

He said, "All professionals play a role in asserting the interests of their professions to some extent, but they serve society by protecting and passing on the ethics and knowledge of their professions," adding, "The government's idea of occupying the education curriculum of professionals according to their political purposes is a shocking notion."

Yoon pointed out, "the recommendation of civic groups is a clear example of this," adding, "The idea of inserting civic group recommendations into medical school admissions means they have little interest in ensuring proper medical education and are fully focused on maintaining and strengthening their political power."

He said, "The direction to take regarding the (medical community's) strike is clear now," adding, "They should promise to discuss the issue from scratch after the end of COVID-19 (not just suspending the strike) and have the residents return to the COVID frontlines."

Yoon said, "The bigger challenge is how to check the government's attitude of using education as their political resource," adding, "There is no choice but for the public to lead the monitoring and efforts for reform so that the logic for the rise of specific forces does not infiltrate the public education curriculum."

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