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대통령실이 11일 한동훈 국민의 힘 대표의 2025학년도 의대 증원 유예 시사 발언에 "의료계가 참여토록 하기 위한 진정성 있는 호소라 생각한다"고 밝혔다.
대통령실 관계자는 이날 오후 용산 대통령실에서 취재진과 만나 "된다 안 된다 말하면 조건 성립이 되느냐 안 되느냐는 얘기가 되니 모든 걸 다 열어놓고 얘기하잔 취지라 생각한다"며 "그 정도로 하겠다"며 확대해석을 우려했다.
또 지난 5~10일 전국 17개 시·도 병원에 비서관·행정관을 파견해 의료 상황을 점검한 것 관련해선 "현장이 어렵고 쉽지 않다"며 "그래서 최선을 다해 대응하겠다고 보면 된다"고 했다.
이어 "의사 인력에 대한 병원 간 스카우트 경쟁으로 연쇄 이탈·재정난 압박을 호소하며 군의관·공보의를 파견 요청한 병원들이 많았다"며 "파견된 군의관·공보의가 업무를 더욱 적극적으로 할 수 있게 지원해달란 건의가 있었다"고 전했다.
일선 병원은 의료인에 대한 민형사상 면책·지역·필수 의료에 대한 투자 확충·수가 인상·인력 채용 지원 확대·건강보험 선지급금 상환 유예 등을 요청한 가운데 대통령실은 건의 사항을 관계 부처와 함께 검토 계획이다.
더불어 비서관급 참모들을 응급의료현장에 보내 현장을 파악한 결과 현장 파견 인력에 대한 신상털기 우려가 큰 것으로 확인된 가운데 대통령실은 파견 인력·응급실 근무자에 대한 신상털기를 '명백한 범죄'로 규정하고 엄단 방침을 재확인했다.
대통령실 관계자는 "8개 수석실 비서관·행정관들이 전국 34개 병원을 5~10일 방문했다"며 "SNS를 통해 나타나는 파견인력에 대한 신상털기·마녀사냥 행태가 응급실 업무 거부 등 부작용을 초래하고 있다는 현장 의견이 있었다"고 전했다.
이어 "의료계 내에서도 (의료진·가족 신상털기·블랙리스트에) 자정 움직임이 있는 걸로 알고 있다"며 "그런 움직임이 좀 더 활발하게 이뤄지길 기대하겠다"고 했다.
지난 10일 의사들이 만든 걸로 추정되는 한 사이트에 응급실 근무자들 실명을 정리한 '응급실 부역' 파일이 등장한데 이어 11일 의사·의대생 커뮤니티에 "조선인들 응급실 돌다 죽어도 감흥 없다" "더 죽어 뉴스에 나왔음 하는 마음뿐" "견민 개돼지들(국민에 대한 멸칭)더 죽이면 이득" 등 패륜적 글이 올라왔다.
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Presidential Office, Han Dong-hoon's 25-year medical school increase postponement suggestion, "Appeal for medical community participation"
"Secretaries to the Presidential Office visited 34 emergency medical sites nationwide to collect suggestions... Strict punishment policy for adverse effects such as personal information disclosure and witch hunts of emergency room dispatched personnel through SNS and refusal to work in emergency rooms"
-kihong Kim reporter
The Office of the President stated on the 11th that it "thinks it is a sincere appeal to the medical community to participate" in response to People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon's remarks suggesting a postponement of the increase in medical school enrollment for the 2025 school year.
An official from the Office of the President met with reporters at the Office of the President in Yongsan that afternoon, saying, "If you say it can or cannot, it becomes a question of whether conditions are met or not, so I think the intention is to open up everything and talk about it," and expressed concern over overinterpretation, saying, "We will do that."
In addition, regarding the dispatch of secretaries and administrative officers to 17 city and provincial hospitals across the country from the 5th to the 10th to inspect the medical situation, he said, "The field is difficult and not easy," and "So you can see that we will do our best to respond."
He continued, "Many hospitals have requested the dispatch of military doctors and public health doctors, complaining of serial departures and financial difficulties due to competition among hospitals to scout doctors," and "there have been suggestions to support the dispatched military doctors and public health doctors so that they can perform their duties more actively."
While frontline hospitals have requested civil and criminal immunity for medical professionals, expanded investment in regional and essential medical services, increased fees, expanded support for recruiting personnel, and postponement of repayment of health insurance prepayments, the Office of the President plans to review the suggestions with relevant ministries.
In addition, as a result of sending secretaries to emergency medical sites to assess the situation, the Blue House confirmed that there were serious concerns about personal information disclosure of dispatched personnel, and reaffirmed its strict punishment policy by defining personal information disclosure of dispatched personnel and emergency room workers as a “clear crime.”
An official from the Blue House said, “Secretaries and administrative officers from eight senior offices visited 34 hospitals nationwide for 5 to 10 days,” and “There were opinions from the field that personal information disclosure and witch-hunting behavior of dispatched personnel that appears through SNS is causing side effects such as refusal to work in emergency rooms.”
He continued, “I understand that there is a movement to self-correct (about personal information disclosure and blacklisting of medical staff and their families) within the medical community,” and “I hope that such movement will become more active.”
On the 10th, a file titled “Emergency Room Collaboration” appeared on a website presumed to have been created by doctors, listing the real names of emergency room workers. Following this, on the 11th, immoral comments such as “It doesn’t feel good when Koreans die working emergency rooms”, “I just want more of them to die and be on the news”, and “It’s a gain to kill more of those damn pigs (a derogatory term for the people)” were posted on a community for doctors and medical students.
