Lee Jae-myung "5-year-old Jeong-wook Drifts Through 10 Hospitals... The Sad Reality of South Korea"

Root Cause: 'Shortage of Medical Staff'

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, stated on the 22nd that "the fundamental cause is the shortage of medical personnel" in relation to the incident where a 5-year-old child died after going through so-called 'emergency room spinning.'

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly.
[Photo by Kim Hyun-min]

On the same day, Lee said on Facebook, "In Seoul, which boasts the nation's best medical infrastructure, Jeong Wook had to drift through 10 hospitals for 80 minutes because he could not find a place to be admitted."

Lee said, "Precious lives that could have been saved are dying on the roads," calling it "the sad reality of South Korea, known as a medical advanced country."

Lee added, "I will seek various policy alternatives to create a country without medical personnel who work by sacrificing their own lives," explaining, "The current medical system, which overworks a small number of essential medical staff and relies on their sense of duty, is neither just nor sustainable."

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