"Medical Staff Divide-and-Conquer Nursing Law, Repeal It!" Busan·Gyeongnam Doctors and Nursing Assistants Rally

The Gyeongsangnam-do Medical Association and the Ulsan·Gyeongnam Nursing Assistant Association held a rally on the afternoon of the 24th to oppose the enactment of the Nursing Act. [Image source=Changwon Jungbu Police Station]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] About 200 doctors and nursing assistants from the Busan and Gyeongnam regions shouted to stop the enactment of the Nursing Act.

The Gyeongsangnam-do Medical Association and the Ulsan·Gyeongnam Nursing Assistants Association held a joint rally of doctors and nursing assistants in Gyeongnam to stop the enactment of the Nursing Act in front of the Democratic Party Gyeongnam Provincial Office around 7 p.m. on the 24th.

They explained, "On the 9th, a day before the new government took office, the Democratic Party unilaterally rushed the Nursing Act onto the agenda at the full meeting of the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee and passed it by a surprise vote."

Choi Seong-geun, president of the Gyeongsangnam-do Medical Association, said, "The Democratic Party intends to side only with nurses, not the entire public," and "We condemn this legislative outrage."

He added, "All healthcare professions devoted themselves to overcoming COVID-19, but we warn Kim Min-seok, chairman of the Health and Welfare Committee of the Democratic Party, who trampled on the wishes of 10 healthcare organizations and passed this harmful nursing law."

Jung Samsun, president of the Ulsan·Gyeongnam Nursing Assistants Association, said, "The nursing-only law is a law for nurses alone and should be clearly specified as the Nurse Act, not the Nursing Act," and "If this law, which kills 850,000 nursing assistants and takes away their jobs, passes the National Assembly Judiciary Committee, we declare a boycott of the Democratic Party and an all-out resistance."

The gathered participants shouted slogans such as "Healthcare is One Team, stop dividing us," and "Withdraw the Nursing Act that threatens public health," while holding a street march.

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