[2022 National Audit] Kang Ki-yoon: "7 out of 10 Retired Ministry of Health and Welfare Officials Reemployed at Hospitals"

Kang Ki-yoon, member of the People Power Party.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] It has been revealed that 7 out of 10 high-ranking officials who retired from the Ministry of Health and Welfare in the past three years were re-employed at hospitals.

According to data submitted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to Kang Ki-yoon, a member of the National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee from the People Power Party, among 24 retirees from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 17 (70.8%) were re-employed at hospitals, 3 at law firms, 2 at companies, and 1 at a research institute.

The ranks of retirees re-employed at hospitals were 10 at grade 4, 6 at professional term appointment level A, and 1 at grade 3. According to the Public Officials Ethics Act, if a subject for employment review intends to be employed at a target institution within three years from the retirement date, they must undergo an employment review by the relevant Public Officials Ethics Committee. All 24 re-employed retirees received approval for employment.

Representative Kang said, “Although the Public Officials Ethics Committee states there is no problem with most retirees from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which oversees health and medical policies, being re-employed at hospitals, we will carefully monitor whether these retired officials exert unnecessary influence on health and medical policies in the future.”

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