Ministry of Health and Welfare Forms Emergency Situation Inspection Team Following Passage of Nursing Act... "Minimizing On-Site Confusion"

Minister Cho Kyu-hong's Emergency Executive Meeting
"Please Stay by the Patient's Side"

On the 27th, Cho Kyu-hong, Minister of Health and Welfare, held an emergency executive meeting immediately after the Nursing Act was passed at the plenary session of the National Assembly.

Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Kyu-hong is deep in thought at the Health and Welfare Committee plenary meeting held at the National Assembly on the 24th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

At this meeting, Minister Cho instructed the formation of an 'Emergency Situation Inspection Team' led by Park Min-su, the 2nd Vice Minister, to monitor medical sites 24 hours a day and take all necessary measures to ensure that there are no disruptions to the public's access to medical services.

Minister Cho stated, "It is very regrettable that the Nursing Act was passed under the opposition party's leadership amid significant conflicts within the healthcare sector over support and opposition to the act, and there are concerns about confusion at the field level." He requested, "While we fully understand the reasons why healthcare organizations oppose the Nursing Act, as healthcare professionals who prioritize the lives and health of the people, we ask them to faithfully perform their duties and stay by the patients' side."

Earlier, immediately after the Nursing Act was passed at the National Assembly plenary session, Minister Cho released a statement saying, "The government is concerned that conflicts and backlash among healthcare professions may cause confusion at medical sites, potentially endangering the health and safety of the public. We will do our utmost to prevent such occurrences."

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