South Korean police raided offices of the Korean Medical Affiliation (KMA) on Friday. The raids come as walkouts by junior docs in Seoul have continued regardless of backlash from the South Korean authorities.
In accordance with South Korean information web site Yonhap Information, police reportedly carried out raids on workplaces of the KMA in each Seoul and the Gangwon Province in response to the junior physician walkouts. Officers of the KMA, a commerce union for docs in South Korea, are reportedly suspected of breaking medical legal guidelines because of the strike motion.
Head of the World Medical Affiliation (WMA), Dr. Lujain Al-Qodman, condemned the “police aggression” as “unacceptable” and described the state of affairs in South Korea as “regarding.” In an official assertion, the WMA expressed their assist for the KMA’s strike performing, stating:
The World Medical Affiliation (WMA) reaffirms its dedication to defending the integrity of the Korean Medical Affiliation (KMA) and the rights of its physicians within the face of an unprecedented government-led disaster. The federal government’s unilateral choice to drastically enhance medical scholar admissions, carried out with out clear proof, has led to turmoil within the medical group.
Dr. Lujain Al-Qodman “strongly urge[d] the Korean authorities to rethink its actions and stop the forceful measures imposed on the medical group.” She additional acknowledged that “A decision ought to respect the rights of physicians and guarantee[] the well-being of each medical professionals and the sufferers they serve.”
The walkouts had been sparked by plans by the South Korean authorities to extend the variety of medical college students admitted to college per 12 months. Virtually 10,000 junior docs took half within the strike motion final week. In response to the walkout, the federal government set a deadline of Thursday, February 29 for putting docs to return to work, a deadline which has not been broadly adhered to. Yonhap Information reported that solely 4.3% of those that participated within the walkouts have returned to work.
In response to the continued walkout, the South Korea authorities plans to hold out administrative measures, reminiscent of revoking medical licenses of people who don’t return to work.
Source / Picture: jurist.org
