Real Name Revealed, 'Grateful Doctor'... Stigmatizing Returning Resident Again in Chat Room

"Creating and Publishing a List of Excellent Teachers" Sarcasm
"It's Okay to Widely Share the List"

As the government decided to withdraw the license suspension measures for all residents, a Telegram chat room appeared that seemed to mock the returned residents by mentioning their real names.

According to Yonhap News and others on the 12th, a Telegram chat room named 'Thankful Doctors - Medical Student Teachers Thank You' was created on the 7th. Since the 11th, lists titled 'Thankful Doctors,' 'Thankful Medical Students,' and 'Thankful Fellows' have been posted in the chat room along with real names. The lists are known to include information such as names and hospitals.

Medical staff are moving inside a large hospital in Seoul. The photo is unrelated to specific expressions in the article. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Those listed are presumed to be residents who remain or have returned to work in medical settings, fellows (preceptors) who stay by patients' sides, and medical students who are not participating in collective class refusals. The term 'Thankful' used in the chat room's title and posts is a sarcastic expression aimed at doctors working in medical settings or medical students remaining at school.

The creator stated, "This channel was created to express gratitude to doctors and medical student teachers who, according to the Minister of Health and Welfare's wishes, are dedicating themselves to medical work for patients even in these times, but since we did not know who these teachers were, we made and published a list of these excellent teachers." They added, "Since this list was created to widely publicize the teachers' good deeds, it is okay to share it broadly."

In particular, the creator wrote, "In the future, to ensure that the teachers applying for the fall turn (returning in September) this year receive proper gratitude, we plan to prioritize creating an additional list."

Earlier, on the 8th, the government withdrew administrative measures such as license suspension for all residents regardless of their return status and announced that special training exceptions would be applied to residents who returned and those who resigned but re-applied for training in September (second half of the year). However, the special training exception applies only to residents reapplying for training in September, and residents who do not return through September training after resignation will not receive the exception.

Meanwhile, lists containing personal information of residents and fellows who returned to hospitals are being shared on medical communities such as 'MediStaff' and anonymous worker communities like 'Blind.' In particular, in March, MediStaff posted a controversial message mocking residents staying by patients' sides as 'True Doctors' while disclosing personal information.

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