Jeonnam National Assembly Members Hold Press Conference in Seoul Urging Establishment of National Medical School

Kim Won-i and So Byung-chul Lawmakers Shave Heads

Members of the Democratic Party of Korea from Jeonnam, including National Assembly members and provincial councilors, raised their voices in Seoul about the necessity of establishing a national medical school in Jeonnam.

On the 18th, National Assembly members Shin Jeong-hoon, Kim Seung-nam, Lee Won-i, Kim Hoe-jae, and So Byung-chul held a press conference at the National Assembly, appealing for the establishment of a medical school in the Jeonnam region, the only area nationwide without a medical school.

Kim Won-i is shaving his head in front of the Yongsan Presidential Office, urging the establishment of a national medical school in Jeonnam.
[Photo by Kim Won-i's office]

They stated, "Expanding medical school quotas alone cannot resolve medical disparities, nor can it prevent the collapse of essential and public healthcare systems," adding, "Considering Jeonnam's characteristics, where industrial accidents frequently occur in aging industrial complexes and numerous islands require emergency medical services to be provided within seconds, the government and the National Assembly must promptly pass the bill to establish a national medical school in Jeonnam."

Following this, Assemblyman Kim Won-i shaved his head at the 'Rally to Urge the Yoon Seok-yeol Administration to Establish a Medical School in Jeollanam-do' held in front of the Yongsan Presidential Office, appealing for the improvement of the region's poor medical conditions through the establishment of a medical school in Jeonnam.

Additionally, Assemblyman So Byung-chul emphasized the necessity of establishing a national medical school and held a head-shaving ceremony at the National Assembly.

Currently, medical schools nationwide are located as follows: ▲Seoul 8 ▲Busan 4 ▲Daegu 4 ▲Incheon 2 ▲Gwangju 2 ▲Daejeon 2 ▲Ulsan 1 ▲Gangwon 4 ▲Gyeonggi 3 ▲Chungnam 3 ▲Chungbuk 2 ▲Jeonbuk 2 ▲Gyeongbuk 1 ▲Gyeongnam 1 ▲Jeju 1. Only Jeonnam and Sejong City lack medical schools among all metropolitan cities and provinces nationwide.

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