Seongnam City Transition Committee Normalization Special Committee Raises Allegations of Irregular Hiring of Medical Center Deputy Director of Administration

Seongnam City Medical Center

[Asia Economy (Seongnam) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Allegations have been raised that the second-place candidate, not the top-scoring candidate, was selected during the recruitment process for the Deputy Director of Administration at Seongnam City Medical Center in Gyeonggi Province.

The Special Normalization Committee of the Seongnam Mayor's Transition Committee (Chairman Lee Ho-seon) pointed out that on May 11, Seongnam City and the medical center appointed the full-time director (Deputy Director of Administration) of Seongnam City Medical Center by submitting all 12 candidates who applied for the Deputy Director of Administration position?excluding 2 who did not attend the interview?from the 14 applicants, rather than recommending a single candidate, and arbitrarily selected Deputy Director Park, which they claim constitutes an abuse of authority that completely deprived the responsible officials and the executive recommendation committee members of their recommendation rights.

They added that among the 12 candidates, the top scorer (86.4 points) was excluded, and the second-place candidate, former district mayor Park (82.8 points), was selected, raising suspicions of violating the Local Medical Act.

A Special Committee official criticized, "Under the current Local Medical Center Act, the mayor's authority to appoint directors is exercised only in the form of 'approval' for candidates recommended by the executive recommendation committee, and if there are no qualified candidates, a re-nomination request must be made to ensure the neutrality and expertise of the executive recommendation committee. However, this Deputy Director of Administration appointment did not follow these procedures."

The Special Committee also claimed that when setting the recruitment requirements, unlike previous qualifications that required experience related to hospital operations or public medical services, they added the requirement of a Grade 4 public official experience, which they allege was a prearranged move to hire a specific individual.

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