{"id":2204476,"date":"2024-03-29T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T23:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2204476"},"modified":"2024-03-28T22:27:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:27:56","slug":"south-korean-ruling-party-pushes-revised-nursing-act-amid-doctor-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/03\/south-korean-ruling-party-pushes-revised-nursing-act-amid-doctor-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean ruling party pushes revised Nursing Act amid doctor strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Korea\u2019s ruling People Power Party (PPP) has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yna.co.kr\/view\/AKR20240328110900001?section=politics\/all&amp;site=topnews01\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">proposed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a revised Nursing Act bill to pass it within the current National Assembly session. The bill, a modified version of the legislation vetoed by President Yoon Suk-yeol last year, was introduced through a lawmaker-sponsored process to expedite its passage ahead of the April 10 general election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new bill clearly defines the qualifications and scope of work for nurses, physician assistant nurses and nursing assistants. It also allows nurses to independently establish \u201chome nursing dedicated institutions,\u201d a provision expected to face opposition from doctors\u2019 groups who view it as granting nurses the right to set up long-term care facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PPP\u2019s push for a revised Nursing Act bill contrasts with Yoon\u2019s previous <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/05\/politics-of-care-uproar-over-nursing-law-sets-up-difficult-decision-for-yoon\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">veto<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of similar legislation last year, revealing the ruling party\u2019s willingness to find new allies to overcome the ongoing doctors\u2019 strike. Despite Yoon\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/03\/yoon-calls-for-flexibility-in-trainee-doctor-license-suspension\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">instructions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to seek a flexible solution for the strike, general hospitals in South Korea have had to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20240327006400320?section=national\/national\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">temporarily shut down<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> parts of their wards and rearrange staff due to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20240325001953320?section=search\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">medical professors\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> decision to support trainee doctors in their strike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PPP\u2019s revised stance appears as a pragmatic yet cynical effort to navigate the ongoing healthcare dispute by siding with nurses positioned to help mitigate the impact of the doctors\u2019 strike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concurrently, the Korean Medical Association (KMA) \u2014 the country\u2019s union for doctors \u2014 elected <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20240326002251320?section=search\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lim Hyun-taek<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be its new leader. Lim <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yna.co.kr\/view\/AKR20240328129900022?section=search\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Wednesday that the KMA would help to determine the allocation of 20 National Assembly seats in the upcoming general election to continue its protest against the government\u2019s decision to expand the medical school admission quota by 2,000 spots starting next year, suggesting that the strike will likely continue even after the elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/domestic-politics\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Domestic Politics<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea\u2019s ruling People Power Party (PPP) has proposed a revised Nursing Act bill to pass it within the current National Assembly session. 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