"Advance by 2 Months!" Park Hyung-jun, Mayor of Busan, Orders Early Implementation of Health Workforce Reinforcement Schedule

New Health Care Officials Scheduled for Late October to Be Assigned to Districts and Counties on the 18th, Two Months Early

102 COVID-19 Response Health Workers... Preventing Medical Field Gaps Through Workforce Reinforcement

Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan City has completed the deployment of 102 newly appointed public health officials to district and county health centers on the 18th to support manpower in the public healthcare sector amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

Currently, due to reasons such as leave of absence, the number of personnel working at health centers within Busan City is about 920, which is below the appropriate staffing level of 1,000.

Busan City had planned to recruit a total of 147 public health officials this year and deploy them by the end of October, but the schedule was moved up by two months to first deploy 102 personnel to district and county health centers.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun of Busan City advanced the schedule to proactively respond to the shortage of medical and health personnel and to prevent medical service gaps on the front lines by reinforcing staff at local health centers.

Mayor Park said, “I feel heavy-hearted as the difficulties faced by medical staff have deepened further. I hope that the early deployment of new personnel will help alleviate the workload of health centers, which are at the forefront of COVID-19 response, even if only a little.”

Mayor Park Hyung-jun had announced measures on May 28 to expand the insufficient medical personnel at health centers and improve working conditions.

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