Hallym University College of Medicine 4th-Year Student Resolves to 'Discontinue Studies'... "Please Help Make It a Collective Leave of Absence"

Unanimous Resolution for 'One-Year Leave of Absence'

Fourth-year students at Hallym University College of Medicine have decided to suspend their studies for one year in protest against the expansion of medical school quotas.

Hallym University College of Medicine campus view. [Image source=Yonhap News]

The chairman of the Hallym University College of Medicine Emergency Situation Response Committee (Biswi) announced on the official SNS account of the Medical Policy Response TF of Hallym University College of Medicine on the 15th, "The fourth-year medical students have unanimously decided to take a leave of absence."

He stated, "If this medical reform, which completely disregards expert opinions, becomes a reality, South Korea will never return to being an advanced medical country," and added, "If a one-year suspension of studies can prevent this medical reform, it is a period well worth taking a leave of absence for."

He then appealed to medical students nationwide to support a 'solidarity leave of absence.' He said, "To the juniors at Hallym University College of Medicine and fellow medical students across the country walking the same path of medicine, please help make our leave of absence a solidarity leave of absence."

Biswi plans to collect the leave of absence letters from the fourth-year medical students and submit them to the school on the same day.

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