Medical Association Emergency Committee Requests Medical Societies and KAMC to Suspend Participation in Ruling and Opposition Party Medical Policy Council

"Government Deceiving the Public with Alibi Consultative Body"

The Korean Medical Association (KMA) Emergency Response Committee has requested medical organizations participating in the ruling and opposition parties' medical council to suspend their participation.

Hyungwook Park, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the Korean Medical Association. Photo by Taewon Choi

On the 28th, the KMA Emergency Response Committee stated in a briefing document related to the second meeting held the previous day, "We request that the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences and the Korean Association of Medical Colleges and Medical Schools (KAMC·Medical School Association) withdraw from the alibi council."

The committee criticized Representative Han Dong-hoon of the People Power Party for strongly supporting the establishment of a national medical school in the Gyeongbuk region on the 26th, saying, "This statement itself acknowledges that the ruling and opposition medical council is merely an alibi council. There is no sincerity at all in resolving the issue."

They added, "The government is deceiving the public by claiming that the problem can be solved through an alibi council while not creating any concrete measures."

Regarding the Presidential Commission on Medical Reform, they warned, "It is a puppet committee unilaterally formed by the government and cannot resolve the collapse of essential medical services," and cautioned, "If the government does not show sincerity in resolving contradictory medical policies, essential medical services will continue to deteriorate."

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