Lim Hyun-taek “The Korean Medical Association has a strategy that can determine whether 20 to 30 seats in the National Assembly will be elected.”

“Impeachment should be done cautiously… We will give President Yong one more chance.”

President-elect Lim Hyun-taek, who was elected as the new head of the Korean Medical Association, said, “Our country has a history of impeaching presidents, but we must be very cautious,” and added, “I will give President Yoon Seok-yeol one more chance.”

According to News 1, the KMA has a strategy that could determine whether 20 to 30 seats in the National Assembly will be won in the hands of the Korean Medical Association, and pressured the government and the ruling party to resolve the situation quickly.

In a media interview the day before (27th), President-elect Lim was asked, “There was an opinion in the Korean Medical Association Emergency Committee that they would campaign for the resignation of the Yoon Seok-yeol government.” He responded, “Our country already has a history of impeaching the president. In some ways, it is unfortunate. Impeachment is a very serious matter. “We need to be cautious,” he said, warning, “For now, I think it would be better to give him one more chance. However, if President Yoon Seok-yeol does not give up his stubbornness even after receiving the opportunity, there are not many options left.”

He also said, “We are considering a plan to end this general election. We have a strategy that will determine whether 20 to 30 seats in the National Assembly will be decided in the hands of the Korean Medical Association. It will depend on how the ruling party emerges in the future.”

President-elect Lim also said on the day of his election that ‘the dismissal of Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Gyu-hong and Second Vice Minister Park Min-soo’ was put forward as a precondition for dialogue, and Vice Minister Park responded, “The precondition for dialogue is not desirable,” saying, “People who should be laid off.” “I wonder if it is appropriate to make such a statement,” he said, dismissing the comment by saying, “There is no need to talk to the person who is going home.”

President-elect Lim also mentioned the demand for the dismissal of Minister Cho and Vice Minister Park on the KBS radio program that appeared this morning, saying, “They are the main culprits who caused this situation,” and “It makes no sense to talk to the people who created this situation.” He said.

At the same time, he emphasized that the person who should have a conversation with residents should be the president, not the minister or the prime minister.

President-elect Lim said, “The people who cover the eyes and ears of the President are ministers and vice ministers, and I think it is completely meaningless to talk to them.” He added, “Some polyfessors, such as Mr. Kim Yoon or former President Ahn Sang-hoon, who was elected as a proportional representative of the People Power Party this time, are the ministers and vice ministers.” “I think it is completely meaningless to talk to the responsible people because I think they are representative of the problem,” he said, adding that he should talk to the president.

He said, “I will not unilaterally support the People Power Party, and on the contrary, I will not unilaterally support the Democratic Party of Korea,” and “I will completely exclude candidates who seek to be elected with low-level negativity toward doctors. Former President Ahn Sang-hoon, who is now a proportional representative of the People Power Party, said, “I will do my best to prevent the chief secretary from being elected. I will carry out an election campaign that will deal a crushing blow to the political party that insulted the doctor and pointed the knife at him,” he said.

However, President-elect Lim said that it should be noted that there is a prerequisite for a general strike of doctors: when residents, medical students, and medical school professors are injured.

President-elect Lim said, “We need to pay attention to the prerequisite for a general strike. The prerequisite is that we will take any means in the event that residents, students, and university professors are even slightly injured,” adding, “That is why the government does not mobilize such means.” “If not, there is no reason for a general strike,” he said.

At the same time, President-elect Lim said to the public, “There were residents who left the medical field to work for a delivery company, and there were also residents who said that their situation was so difficult that they could not even take care of the baby when they had a three-year-old child.” He also added, “The fatigue of the professors is so high that the doctor who passed away the day before yesterday said, “There was even a professor. This situation cannot be left unattended any longer,” he said.

He continued, “I ask the people and patients to raise their voices loudly to the ruling party and officials to quickly resolve this situation,” and added, “We are ready to talk at any time if the government takes the right stance.”

Meanwhile, the Emergency Committee of the Korean Medical Association met with medical residents who are stakeholders related to the government’s push to increase the number of medical schools and urged President Yoon Seok-yeol to come up with a clue to resolving the situation.

According to Newsis, Kim Taek-woo, chairman of the Emergency Response Committee of the Korean Medical Association, held a regular briefing on the first basement floor of the Medical Association Building in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 27th and said, “To resolve the situation, the government must first find a way to allow residents who are away from the hospital to return as soon as possible.” He said, “We earnestly request that President Yoon Seok-yeol, the country’s highest commander-in-chief, meet with the medical residents who are stakeholders and discuss the matter to come up with a clue to solving the problem.”

Chairman Kim said, “After the government announced its plan to increase the number of medical schools early last month, the medical gap continues and the situation worsens due to the voluntary resignation of residents and medical school professors.” He added, “As the medical gap situation is prolonged, the residents involved are “Of course, the fatigue of people who cannot receive proper medical care is increasing,” he said.

At the same time, he said, “In order to reduce the sharp difference in position between the medical community and the government, consultations were held between various medical professions and the government, but only a large difference in position was confirmed, and no visible progress was made.” In a meeting with the chair of the countermeasures committee, the Korean Medical Association stated that it is impossible to resolve the current situation without the government’s increase in the number of medical school students and withdrawal of the allocation to each university, and that if the government has the intention to withdraw, it is ready to discuss all pending issues in front of the public. “He said.

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