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대한의사협회 소속 의사들이 15일 여의도 공원에서 집회를 열고 정부의 원격의료 도입과 낮은 수가 체계 등 의료정책에 반대하는 입장을 분명히하고 관련 정책의 철회를 촉구했다.
이 집회에는 개원 의사•병원 근무의사•전공의 등 전국 16개 시도의사회 및 각 직역 소속 의사 2만여명(비대위측 집계)이 참여했다.
노환규 의협 회장은 이날 대회사를 낭독하는 도중 “정부가 의료를 살리겠다면서 의료의 목에 칼을 들이대고 있다”면서 칼로 자신의 왼쪽 목을 긋는 자해를 했으나 큰 부상은 입지 않았다.
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Korean doctors march against government‘s medical plan
More than 20,000 Korean doctors held a demonstration against the government’s medical reforms that will allow telemedicine and profit-oriented hospitals.
Members of the Korean Medical Association, or KMA, gathered in the Yeouido Park, in Seoul, to urge the government to scrap the reforms to the medical sector and adopted a joint resolution Sunday.
“The government says it will revive medical care but in fact it threatens the medical service with a knife,” said Roh Hwan-kyu, president of the KMA. He injured his neck with a knife while making the speech.
Last week, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that it would allow medical institutions to establish their own subsidiary companies and expand the range of their permitted business to tourism and accommodation services in order to boost investment in the medical sector.
Civic groups and medical organizations have expressed concern over the plans that they claim would be the first step for medical privatization.
The emergency committee of the KMA claimed that the government’s telemedicine initiative would “damage people’s health rights” and “bring a medical disaster which will demolish medical delivery systems and small hospitals.”
By Park Han-na (hnpark@heraldcorp.com)
Korean doctors march against government‘s medical plan
More than 20,000 Korean doctors held a demonstration against the government’s medical reforms that will allow telemedicine and profit-oriented hospitals.
Members of the Korean Medical Association, or KMA, gathered in the Yeouido Park, in Seoul, to urge the government to scrap the reforms to the medical sector and adopted a joint resolution Sunday.
“The government says it will revive medical care but in fact it threatens the medical service with a knife,” said Roh Hwan-kyu, president of the KMA. He injured his neck with a knife while making the speech.
Last week, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that it would allow medical institutions to establish their own subsidiary companies and expand the range of their permitted business to tourism and accommodation services in order to boost investment in the medical sector.
Civic groups and medical organizations have expressed concern over the plans that they claim would be the first step for medical privatization.
The emergency committee of the KMA claimed that the government’s telemedicine initiative would “damage people’s health rights” and “bring a medical disaster which will demolish medical delivery systems and small hospitals.”
By Park Han-na (hnpark@heraldcorp.com)
