Suspension of All-Medical Sector Special Committee Operation... "For Careful Deliberation and Opinion Listening"

Operation Suspension After the Debate Scheduled for the 26th

The special committee of the entire medical community, the 'Special Committee for Proper Medical Care' (Olteukwi), will suspend its operations.

On the 20th of last month, the Korea Medical Association building in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. The Korea Medical Association announced that instead of launching the "Pan-Medical Community Countermeasures Committee (Pan Committee)" as previously planned, it will establish the "Special Committee for Proper Medical Care (Special Committee)." Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

The Korea Medical Association (KMA) announced this on the 24th through its "KMA's Position on the Operation of Olteukwi." The KMA stated, "At the KMA Delegate Council Steering Committee meeting held on the 20th, several steering committee members gave various advice to the executive branch regarding the operation of Olteukwi, and it was agreed to leave the direction of Olteukwi's operation to the executive branch," adding, "To thoroughly reflect the opinions of residents and to carefully reconsider the direction and continuation of Olteukwi, operations will be suspended after the debate scheduled for the 26th."

On the 26th, the '1st National Doctors' Grand Debate on the Life-or-Death of Korean Medical Care,' led by Olteukwi, will take place. The debate will diagnose the current state of domestic medical care and discuss improvement measures.

Olteukwi was launched on the 20th of last month as a special committee under the KMA encompassing the entire medical community. It was expected to present a unified voice of medical organizations, centered on medical school professors, residents, medical students, and local medical associations. However, since the key parties?residents and medical students?did not participate, discussions did not progress, nor were any concrete outcomes produced.

Ultimately, the Council of Presidents of Metropolitan and Provincial Medical Associations (Council of City and Provincial Medical Association Presidents) sent an official letter to the KMA on the 19th demanding the dissolution of Olteukwi. In the letter, the council stated, "Olteukwi has been operating dysfunctionally due to the absence of representatives of residents and medical students," and added, "After dissolving Olteukwi, we hope the executive branch of the KMA will take the lead so that the Korea Medical Students Association (Uidae-hyeop), the Korean Intern and Resident Association (Daejeonhyeop), and others can fight against the government, focusing all efforts on opposing the increase in medical school admissions."

Furthermore, Park Dan, chairman of the Emergency Measures Committee of the Korean Intern and Resident Association (Daejeonhyeop), also attended the KMA Delegate Council Steering Committee meeting the following day to demand the dissolution of Olteukwi.

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