Nurses on the Streets "Vetoing the Nursing Act Based on False Information... Judgment on Corrupt Politicians"

Refusal of Illegal Work Orders 'Compliance Struggle'
Surge in Reports and Access to the Korean Nurses Association Reporting Center

Nurses opposing President Yoon Suk-yeol's exercise of the veto power on the Nursing Act held a large-scale rally to condemn the government and ruling party and began collective action in earnest.

Nurses and officials affiliated with the Korean Nurses Association held a general rally on the 19th around Sejong-daero, Seoul, condemning President Yoon Seok-yeol's veto of the Nursing Act. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

On the afternoon of the 19th, the Korean Nurses Association held a "General Rally to Condemn the Exercise of the Veto Power on the Nursing Act" around Gwanghwamun, Seoul. Nurses and nursing students attending the rally shouted slogans to judge the politicians and bureaucrats who led the veto exercise and held a street march.

In a statement, the association emphasized, "The People Power Party and the Ministry of Health and Welfare recommended the veto to the president based on false claims from opposing groups," and "We will definitely judge the corrupt politicians and bureaucrats who organized the general election planning team and led to the veto."

At the rally, the inauguration ceremony of the general election planning team was also held. The association declared, "Those who created the fake frame of legislative dictatorship, those who originally proposed the Nursing Act and cowardly gave up on national activities will never be able to become representatives of the people again, and we will judge them." As previously announced, the association will also engage in collective actions such as license return campaigns and encouraging nurses to join one political party each.

Along with this, the association is actively encouraging nurses' "law-abiding struggle." The association opened an "Illegal Medical Practice Reporting Center" and decided to refuse illegal work orders. Due to a surge in reports, the center's operation was temporarily suspended as of this day due to traffic overload. The association is informing on its homepage, "Access is currently unavailable due to exceeding the daily allowed traffic. Please try again tomorrow."

The association also distributed a list of tasks that become illegal if performed by nurses to each medical institution. The illegal list presented by the association includes tasks that have been customarily performed, such as proxy prescriptions, proxy surgeries, various tests including blood collection, suturing, ultrasound and electrocardiogram tests, and preparation of anticancer drugs. The association stated, "Nurses will not comply with any illegal work orders that are not part of nurses' duties," and "If you have been ordered or witnessed illegal medical practices, please report them."

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