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Controversy Surrounding High-Ranking Civil Servant’s Hospital Transfer Sparks Outrage: Heo Eun-ah Calls for Immediate Action

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Heo Eun-ah, chief spokesperson for the New Reform Party, is holding a press conference at the National Assembly on the 29th of last month to announce her candidacy for party leadership. [사진출처 = 연합뉴스]

Regarding the fact that a high-ranking civil servant from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) was transferred to a major hospital in Seoul amid the suffering of the people as a result of the crisis medical’. , Heo Eun-ah, candidate for representative of the New Reform Party, said on the 4th, “He looks like the next Lee Jae-myung.” “He must be fired immediately,” he said.

Representative Heo said on his Facebook page today, “Public opinion is boiling because a high-ranking civil servant from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism was treated at a local university hospital but passed surgery at a major hospital in Seoul,” adding, “A high-ranking hospital official is said to have intervened in changing the surgery schedule.

He continued, “The people are suffering a lot because of the medical crisis, but the current situation in the Republic of Korea is that ‘high-ranking people’ are using their power to keep the find that even simple surgeries that take about 30 minutes under local anesthesia. to play in Seoul.” “Are you supposed to say this?” he criticized.

Representative Heo also said, “This kind of thing continues as if it were natural because the leader of the opposition party trusted the local hospital and even moved an emergency helicopter to receive surgery in Seoul The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which looks like the next Lee Jae-myeong, must be dismissed immediately.”

He said, “There should be investigation and even punishment of high-ranking hospital officials.”

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According to the medical community, Mr. A, a civil servant from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism working in Sejong City, received treatment at the Chungnam National University Hospital in Sejong near his workplace on the 21st of the month. he then went and moved to Asan. A Medical Center in Seoul where he underwent emergency surgery.

At the time, it was determined that Mr. A was not a critical or serious patient, and Chungnam National University Hospital in Sejong, where he was first treated, recommended that he undergo surgery at the hospital. that. However, it is known that Mr. A chose Asan Medical Center in Seoul.

In this regard, suspicions of preferential treatment arose in the medical community, saying that because Mr. A was a high-ranking government official, he was able to be hospitalized and undergo surgery quickly at Asan Medical Center in Seoul.

Currently, at the Asan Medical Center in Seoul, it is difficult for new patients to receive surgery or even outpatient treatment after a group of residents leave the hospital.

In this regard, the former President of the Korean Medical Association Noh Hwan-gyu said on Facebook, “In a situation where the medical staff is exhausted and the hospital is destroyed, you cannot believe that you are using your power to handle is nothing. emergency or difficult surgery,” and “This is the public official making this request.” “Is there just one?” he said.

He continued, “That’s why doctors don’t trust the government policy to save local medical care,” and added, “I don’t know if a public official would say this. ‘I didn’t call the helicopter… What about the person who called the helicopter?’ he said.

This is being interpreted as a reference to the incident in which Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, was attacked while visiting Busan earlier this year, receiving emergency treatment at a local hospital. , transported by helicopter, and undergoing surgery. at Seoul National University Hospital.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said of Mr. A, “(Mr. A) underwent a cardiovascular-related stunt procedure at Asan Hospital last May, and was currently undergoing treatment for vascular-related diseases such as However, on April 21, a cerebral hemorrhage occurred and he was admitted to Chungnam National University “I went to the hospital’s emergency room,” he said.

He said, “I understand that (Mr A) has been transferred to Asan Hospital, which has data on his medical history and treatment.

2024-05-04 06:30:01
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