Former Chairman Noh Hwan-gyu Posts on Facebook
Recently Held Meeting with Dubai Officials
"Received Proposal to Conduct Medical Practice in Dubai"
Regarding medical reform, former Korean Medical Association president Noh Hwan-gyu, who has taken a confrontational stance against the government, said he was offered to practice medicine in Dubai and recruited other doctors to join him there. On the 6th, Noh posted on his social media (SNS), "I thought it was a meeting to propose (to the Dubai side), but rather, I was the one who was proposed to," he said.
A photo 공개ed by Noh Hwan-gyu, former president of the Korean Medical Association, showing him meeting with officials from Dubai. [Image source=Captured from former President Noh's Facebook]
The photo he posted that day showed him conversing in a meeting room with people presumed to be representatives from Dubai. He revealed that a Dubai official offered him, "We will create a dream team for you so that you can fully realize your dreams. Show your dreams in Dubai." He added, "I have lived as a Korean doctor, but from now on, I think I must live as a global doctor. If there are thoracic surgeons or vascular surgeons who want to realize their dreams on the world stage in Dubai, please do not hesitate to contact me promptly."
Other doctors commented on the post, saying things like, "Is respiratory medicine not possible?", "Congratulations. On one hand, I'm jealous," "This is how this country throws away its blessings," and "Please consider other specialties as well." Noh added, "For the time being, I plan to continue practicing medicine concurrently (in Korea)."
Former President of the Korean Medical Association, Noh Hwan-gyu, is expressing his position before appearing at the Public Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Mapo-gu, Seoul, to undergo police questioning regarding allegations of conspiring the collective resignation of residents last March.
Noh has strongly opposed the government's medical reforms, including increasing medical school quotas. In February, he criticized the government's policy to increase medical school admissions, saying, "The government cannot defeat doctors. The very idea that they thought they could defeat doctors is absurdly foolish," and "The disastrous consequences will all fall on the people." When the government finalized the increase of medical school admissions by 2,000 students, he said, "Yoon Seok-yeol has finally driven a stake into the heart of Korean medicine," and "In the end, it is not the doctors who will die. Doctors will find ways to survive either in this land or abroad." He later expressed his intention to form a political force to oppose the government.
In March, he was subjected to a police search and seizure on charges of violating medical laws by inciting collective action among residents. Regarding this, he criticized it as "deliberate intimidation, harassment, and a petty strategy to disgrace me."
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