The government proposes 'special training cases and postponement of enlistment'...a cynical reaction

"Special application to the regulation on the restriction of return to the office within one year"
"When returning to the hospital, postponement of enlistment after completing training"
"Difficult conditions for 7,500 people to take classes at the same time this year."

[Anchor]
The government has decided to provide training special cases and postpone military service so that retired medical doctors can return to the hospital.

It is a desperate measure to make a breakthrough in the legislative conflict over the years, but the medical community has responded cynically.

Reporter Kwon Min-seok's report.

[Reporter]
The government held a joint press conference to appease the angry medical community.

He apologized for the martial law proclamation of the "major's punishment," which was like adding fuel to the fire.

[Lee Ju-ho / Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education: The content of the emergency martial law decree is completely different from the government's policy. I would like to express my sincere regret and consolation to the majors and medical staff who were hurt by the proclamation.]

It also said it will preemptively remove obstacles preventing the return of its resignation major.

The special case was applied to the residency training regulation, which restricts the return within a year after resignation, allowing him to return to the same training hospital in March even if his resignation letter was accepted in July last year.

In addition, retired medical doctors will be eligible for enlistment, and when they return to the hospital, they will be able to join the military after completing training.

In addition, acknowledging that up to 7,500 people must receive medical education at once this year,

I appealed to discuss the issue of increasing medical schools next year from the ground up.

[Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Kyu-hong: Educational conditions and then the circumstances of each school have emerged as very important variables. So, I will fully consider these things and say that we will discuss the number of medical students (26th grade).]

However, although the training special case was applied in the second half of last year, the effect of this measure is also unclear as there is a precedent that the medical community did not respond.

The representative of the major Park Dan also criticized that the decree to punish doctors who do not return was a special exception, and that it was far from the requirements of the major.

As the number of medical schools for the 26th grade must be confirmed within next month at the latest, a fierce battle between the government and the medical community is expected in the future.

I'm Kwon Minseok of YTN.

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