The New Government of the Children and Youth Hospital Association urges the creation of real K pediatric medical care
Jun 04, 2025
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On this day, the association said in a message to the 21st President that `"Currently, pediatric medical care in Korea is not real. Pediatric medical care has been steadily collapsing. "Even if the children are sick, there are no beds, and the emergency room is turned around in the so-called 'hit-and-run' to face dawn, and even all severely ill patients are refusing to go to higher hospitals.", he pointed out.
In this country, where there are children on the waiting list, parents in front of the hospital in tears, and pediatricians who are exhausted and only take responsibility, can we talk about 'real' pediatric medicine?"The former government has faced numerous crises in pediatric medical care, but only demonstrative measures and short-term increases have been repeated without substantial restructuring. As a result, pediatric and adolescent departments have become avoidance departments, hospitals in vulnerable areas are closing, and our children are increasingly losing places to seek medical treatment."
The association then desperately hopes that President Lee Jae-myung's call for `real from now on' will lead to national practice, not political rhetoric. From now on, the government should take the lead in starting real K-child care, emphasizing that "there is no longer a stopgap measure, but a fundamental transformation of completely reorganizing the system and structure is needed."
To this end, the association designated ▲ pediatric medical care as essential national medical care, institutionalized sustainable financial support, ▲ strengthened the capacity of pediatric hospitals and clinics and reduced the burden ▲ completed a sustainable 'real' pediatric medical system such as harmonious cooperation and sharing between the public and private sectors ▲ prepared fundamental treatment improvements for the influx and settlement of pediatricians ▲ proposed enacting the 'Basic Act on Children' to legally guarantee children's health rights.
Choi Yong-jae, president of the Korea Pediatric Youth Hospital, said, `The presidential election is over, but children are still sick, parents are crying, and medical staff are exhausted"Reorganizing and strengthening the pediatric health care system is the responsibility of the state, not an option." "I hope that the Republic of Korea will truly become a country for children through collaboration and cooperation," he said, adding that "From now on, please realize the medical care of children."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
