There has already been such a blacklist of doctors who have not joined the strike uploaded on the website, but this is a new one. (Yonhap) SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The health ministry said Monday it has requested police probe into those who drew up and circulated a “blacklist” of emergency physicians opting not to join their striking colleagues, calling such acts an “inexcusable crime” and vowing a stern response.
An online post was uploaded to a website believed to be made by doctors and showed the list of doctors who currently serve at hospital emergency rooms, calling them “forced laborers” and derisively expressing gratitude for their “hard work.” “The website that villainizes doctors serving at emergency rooms has sapped their morale. It is an unacceptable crime,” ministry official Jung Yoon-soon told a press briefing.
There has already been such a blacklist of doctors who have not joined the strike uploaded on the website, but this is a new one, the official said, adding that the list contains personal information and malicious comments about ER doctors, as well as some military doctors sent to civilian hospitals amid the staff shortage. “We reported the case to police for investigation. We will sternly deal with such acts in cooperation with the authorities,” Jeong said.
Even a military doctor developed a social phobia upon learning that he was on the list and is having a difficult time, he added. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo told a par.