# Yongsan, which is a strong mode in the medical community

The presidential office continued a hard-line mode on the 24th amid the continued confrontation between the medical community and the government.

Sung Tae-yoon, head of the presidential office's policy office, appeared on KBS's "Sunday Diagnostics Live" on the same day and said that medical professors would submit collective resignations from the 25th, saying, "It should never happen that the safety, health, and life of the people are guaranteed." Regarding the government's announcement of the suspension of the license from the 26th for medical doctors who left the clinic, he said, "The government hopes that administrative and judicial measures will not be taken," but added, "We have no choice but to go through the procedure because there are laws and principles."

The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to suspend the license of a resident who has not returned to the hospital despite the order to commence work from this week. The deadline for submitting opinions for a resident who received the first prior notice of suspension of his/her license earlier this month is until the 25th of this month, but if he/she fails to give an opinion, he/she can suspend his/her license immediately from the 26th.

The presidential office also made it clear on the day that 2,000 doctors are the minimum required number. "The number of doctors is about 10,000 short by 2035. To make up for this, we need to produce 2,000 doctors a year," Sung said. "We can discuss the number of people if necessary after five years, but we have no plan to change the number of people right now."

However, there are growing concerns within the ruling party that such a hard-line response could put a burden on state administration by prolonging the medical field gap. A ruling party official said in a phone call, "The judicial treatment of medical doctors and the addition of collective action by medical professors will lead to a situation where medical gaps are impossible to respond," adding, "If the damage to patients increases, the government and the ruling party should bear the burden."

In particular, the power of the people is bound to be more sensitive to the flow of public opinion as the general election is just two weeks away. Yoon Sang-hyun, a lawmaker, wrote on Facebook the day before, "The people are getting tired of the medical turmoil that shows no signs of resolution," adding, "The party leadership should create an arbitration plan to persuade both the government and the medical community." According to Gallup Korea, 47% of the respondents said, "We should push for the expansion of the capacity of 2,000 people as per the government plan," and 41% said, "We should come up with an arbitration plan that adjusted the size and timing."

Meanwhile, Han Dong-hoon, chairman of the emergency committee, met with the chairmen of the National Council of University Professors in the afternoon, and the government and the ruling party as well as the presidential office seem to be paying close attention. The meeting took place when the Council of Medical Professors contacted Han. A key official from the presidential office said in a phone call, "We only knew about the schedule of Chairman Han's meeting with the medical community in advance, but we have no idea about the conversations we will have," adding, "We are also curious about the final outcome of the meeting." An official from the ruling party said, "If the power of the people serves as a mediator in the legislative (醫) conflict and provides a clue to compromise, it will be a good opportunity to imprint the presence of the ruling party."

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