12 Residents Affiliated with National Rehabilitation Center Submit Resignations on the Same Day

12 Members Affiliated with the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

It has been confirmed that all residents affiliated with the National Rehabilitation Center under the Ministry of Health and Welfare have submitted their resignation letters.

According to the National Rehabilitation Center on the 8th, all 12 residents submitted their resignation letters that afternoon. All were from the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, with three residents in each year from the first to the fourth year of training. Although the residents at the National Rehabilitation Center had maintained hospital operations despite collective actions by the residents, they expressed their intention to resign all at once on this day.

On the 8th, medical staff are busy working at a university hospital in Seoul.
[Photo by Kim Hyun-min]

However, a representative from the Rehabilitation Center anticipated that there would be no reduction in medical services due to the resignations.

A representative from the National Rehabilitation Center stated, "Although the admission of waiting patients may be slightly delayed, there are a total of nine specialists at the hospital, so we plan to continue providing medical care as usual." The National Rehabilitation Center is the only central rehabilitation specialized institution in Korea.

According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, as of 11 a.m. on the 7th, among 12,907 residents at the top 100 training hospitals, 11,985 (92.9%) have either abandoned their contracts or left their workplaces. The government plans to proceed with administrative license suspension for those confirmed to have violated the order to commence work.

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