The main South Korean medical union rejects the latest government proposal to resolve the health crisis

April 20 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Korean Medical Association (KMA), the main medical union in South Korea, rejected this Saturday the latest government proposal to end a strike by residents against an increase in academic places.

The day before, the Government had accepted a request from several hospital directors in the country to grant medical schools a certain degree of autonomy over this increase.

In a statement after an emergency meeting held this Saturday, the KMA acknowledges that the Government's announcement is a “conscious effort to resolve the current situation” but “this proposal does not constitute a fundamental solution.”

More than 90 percent of the country's 13,000 resident doctors have left their jobs just two months ago in protest at the Government's decision to increase, by 2,000 places, the total annual admissions of the faculties, starting next year. year, understanding that the training process is not capable of absorbing this increase.