Doctors are prohibited from striking in South Korea, and the government has requested that officers, including KMA officers, conduct an investigation.
Next Vice Health Minister Park Min- so, who spoke to reporters on Tuesday, said,” The authorities deeply regrets the recent situation where yet professors are considering resigning in the footsteps of trainees.
The state is “once again, willing to talk to the health area at any time without problems,” he said, despite Seoul’s claim that giving up the transformation plan is not an option.
Seoul is urging more students to enroll in medical schools from next year in order to address what it claims is one of the lowest doctor-to-person numbers among developed countries.
Doctors claim that the transformation may lower the standard of care and health education, but plan backers accuse them of trying to protect their pay and social standing.
Last week, the junior doctors said they had submitted a “letter requesting emergency intervention” from the International Labour Organisation ( ILO ), claiming they were being “forced” by the government into unwanted labour. The state has been refuted by the authorities.
The transformation program enjoys widespread support from the general public, but a new poll by the local media found that 34 % of people wanted negotiations with the government to stop the conflict.