This time it's true, Yoon Suk-yeol rarely apologizes!
On April 1, Yonhap News Agency reported that South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol issued a statement to the people on the 1st, saying that he was deeply sorry for the inconvenience caused to the people by the medical sector due to the collective strike in the medical sector due to opposition to the government's plan to expand the enrollment of medical schools.
According to the report, Yoon Suk-yeol pointed out that the majority of the public have endured inconvenience and anxiety to help the government's medical reform while the collective strike of interns and residents continues, and expressed his heartfelt gratitude for this.
Yoon said the government's goal is to strengthen the primary medical and local healthcare systems and create a medical environment where people can receive treatment with peace of mind regardless of their location or condition. If doctors oppose the expansion of recruitment, which aims to protect the lives and health of the people, the government has to ask: Is the value of the lives of the people limited to this?
Regardless of whether Yoon Suk-yeol's medical reform this time is for the sake of the people from the bottom of his heart, or for his own votes, it is the Koreans who are ultimately good for this matter, and Yoon Suk-yeol has done what previous South Korean presidents wanted to do, but failed to do.
South Korean doctors went on strike and protested
On February 6 this year, the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Education announced that they will expand the enrollment of new medical students from the 2025 academic year, from the current 3,058 to 5,058, an increase of about 65%, which is "the first time in 27 years that South Korea has expanded the enrollment of medical schools".
At the time, in response to the new regulations announced by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Education, Yonhap News Agency reported that the medical community accused the government of "a hasty unilateral decision" to launch the expansion plan, arguing that South Korea already has enough medical personnel and that the expansion will lead to increased competition.
Immediately afterwards, nearly 10,000 people in South Korea resigned and went on strike to protest with Yoon Suk-yeol and the South Korean government against the expansion plan.
According to relevant statistics, there are only 2.6 doctors per 1,000 South Koreans, which is the lowest ratio among developed countries. According to normal logic, South Korean doctors should be grateful to the South Korean government for expanding recruitment, which can relieve their work pressure, but why do South Korean doctors resign en masse and go on strike?
The main reason is because it involves the personal economic interests of Korean doctors, because in South Korea, the salary of Korean doctors is higher and the social status is higher, so once the expansion is successful, it means that the salary level of Korean doctors is likely to be lowered, and the doctor industry is no longer a special and superior existence in South Korea. Therefore, for the sake of personal interests, South Korean doctors put the lives of South Koreans at risk and did not hesitate to protest and oppose the South Korean government.
In the end, in fact, what Yoon Suk-yeol did this time is a good thing for Koreans in the long run, but Yoon Suk-yeol's skills and abilities are insufficient, and the so-called "ultimatum" can be calmed down for a while, whether it can completely implement the expansion plan of Korean doctors, and whether it can completely improve the problem of Koreans' difficulty in seeking medical treatment, there is still a long way to go, and in this process, it is not Yoon Suk-yeol who pays for it, but Koreans, because it is bound to be more difficult for Koreans to seek medical treatment than before. Maybe it's faster to come to China for medical treatment.
Source: New Wealth Fan WeChat public account