Doctors on walkout must not forget the words of one of their peers.
Despite citizens' strong opposition to the medical doctors’ walkout, the Korean Medical Association simply ignores the public sentiment and urges neighborhood clinics to shutter from Tuesday.
Doctors must deliberate on what can be a wiser and more responsible action before they resort to a collective means.
The Korean Medical Association is further isolating itself from the rest of society by declaring a collective walkout for all medical doctors on June 18 to protest the government’s decision to raise the medical school admissions quota.
No production disruption has been reported at Samsung Electronics on Friday despite unionized workers' first walkout since the company's founding in 1969.
It remains to be seen if trainee doctors will return to their hospitals after the government decided to allow big hospitals to accept their resignations.
If trainee doctors are sincerely concerned about a breakdown in the medical system, they must return to their hospitals and work on a solution through dialogue with the government.
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