Jeonnam Mayors and County Governors Association Issues Statement Urging Withdrawal of Doctors' General Strike

[Damyang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] With the Korean Medical Association's second general strike scheduled for the 7th, the Jeonnam Mayors and Governors Council (Chairman Damyang Mayor Choi Hyung-sik, hereinafter the Council) issued a statement on the 1st urging the withdrawal of the doctors' general strike.

In the statement, the Council appealed, "Please stop pushing the safety and lives of the entire nation into a situation like a candle flickering in the wind ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic."

It continued, "At a time when the whole nation should unite to overcome the COVID-19 crisis together, the behavior of doctors not staying by patients' side inevitably loses its justification and legitimacy."

It also requested, "This is not the time to fight the government to the end by holding the lives of the people hostage to gain something, but to return as soon as possible and devote yourselves to treatment to stabilize COVID-19 and prevent medical gaps."

Chairman Choi Hyung-sik of the Council expressed regret over the refusal to provide medical care at this time due to conflicts over the government's four major medical policies, saying, "I ask you to stop the strike that threatens the lives of your family, friends, and colleagues right now and to fulfill your responsibilities and duties as doctors."

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