Representative of the major, "Next year, new medical students will also take a leave of absence...Best of all, stop recruiting".

ⓒYonhap News Agency

Park Dan-dan, chairman of the emergency committee of the Korean Medical Association, predicted that new medical students will also join the leave of absence next year.

On the 19th, Chairman Park appeared on CBS radio's "Kim Hyun-jung's News Show" and said, "Education is impossible even if it increases by 1,000 (than the existing quota) in March next year," adding, "The suspension of recruitment is the best way to minimize damage to Korean medical care in the future."

"If the current situation continues, doctors will not go back and will return to an increasingly irreversible situation," he said. "We think it may take about 10 years, not 1 to 2 years, to solve this situation."

"I don't think more than 99% of them (next year's freshmen) will take classes either," he said. "No matter what the department, all the seniors in the second and fourth grades are not taking classes, but it will not be easy for the freshman to 'take classes because he has benefited from the Yoon Suk Yeol government'," he said, reiterating the government's self-determination and forward-looking concerns.

In addition to the suspension of recruitment, the host asked, "Can I say that if the (government's) reflection, apology, and censure of the person in charge are resolved, there is a little room?" "I have not mentioned acting under conditions. Please understand that our demands remain unchanged," he replied.

Since February, at the beginning of the situation, medical doctors have not backed down from the seven demands, including a plan to increase medical schools and a complete abolition of the essential medical policy package.

At the time of a private meeting with Han in August, Chairman Park said that Han said, "I don't care (the medical community doesn't care) and I don't know the government's position," adding, "It was quite shocking at the time." In the end, it seems to be a matter of how to persuade the government, but I wonder if I have the will."

Reporter Lee Yu Na from Digital News Team.