Prime Minister Han Duck-soo met with the heads of the five major domestic hospitals on the 29th to request cooperation on medical reform, including the expansion of medical school quotas.
On the same day, Prime Minister Han is scheduled to discuss issues such as the collective resignation of residents and medical school professors, as well as medical students taking leaves of absence, during a meeting with the heads of the five major hospitals held at the Government Seoul Office.
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo is attending a discussion on current issues related to medical reform at Seoul National University College of Medicine in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the 26th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@
Prime Minister Han is expected to repeatedly emphasize the necessity of the government's medical reform and seek cooperation from the major hospital directors regarding the return of residents and the promotion of increasing medical school quotas.
Since President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered on the 24th for the ruling party and government to discuss and prepare flexible administrative measures for residents and to actively engage in dialogue with the medical community, Prime Minister Han has been taking proactive steps.
On the 26th, he visited Seoul National University College of Medicine and held a meeting with the dean and president of the medical school.
The previous day, he visited Chungnam National University Hospital in Daejeon, and on this day, he visited the Korea Rare and Intractable Disease Alliance, a patient organization, to listen to opinions from various sectors and emphasize the need for dialogue with the medical community.
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