The health ministry said it would carry out the changes “without wavering,” and that discussions over the transformation plans were out of the problem this year.
The government has set up a line to assist those who defy the protest, require junior doctors to returning, or face legal action, and has taken steps to dismiss those who refuse to do so.
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 ratio among developed countries.
Bang said Saturday that doctors may consent to an increase of 2, 000 more kids under any circumstances.
” We request the authorities once again. Please consider the 2000 find again. Without this, initiating any negotiation may get unattainable”, he said.
” If the current situation continues, it wo n’t be long before university hospitals collapse, dealing a significant and long- lasting blow to our country’s medical system”, he added.
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.
This week, the junior doctors said they had submitted a “letter requesting emergency intervention” from the International Labour Organization ( ILO ), claiming they were being “forced” by the government into unwanted labour. The state has refuted the assertion.
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.