Last year, Park Dan, the former chairperson of the Korean Intern Resident Association (KIRA), who resigned from his training hospital in protest against the 2,000 additional medical students of the Yoon Suk-yeol government, applied for the resident recruitment at Severance Hospital in the second half of the year but was rejected.
According to the medical community on the 29th, the former chairperson Park applied for the second-year residency in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Severance Hospital but ultimately failed.
On the same day, the former chairperson Park posted on his social media (SNS), "A few days ago, I submitted an application to join the residency in the Department of Emergency Medicine to receive training again at the Severance Hospital emergency room," and "I received notice of my rejection today," he said. He noted, "It is a bit disappointing not to be with the colleagues I shared joys and sorrows with in the emergency room, but what can I do? This is all because I am lacking."
Elected as the chairperson of KIRA in August 2023, the former chairperson Park suspended his residency training in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Severance Hospital in February last year. At that time, he stated, "I was able to give up the dream of becoming a specialist in pediatric emergency medicine without regret," adding, "I have no intention of going back." After KIRA was transformed into an emergency response committee, he took on the role of the chairperson to represent the residents. However, when criticisms arose regarding his stringent response methods from both inside and outside the medical community, he resigned from his chairperson position.
He expressed on SNS that day, "I will think about how to live on while cooling down a bit more," and added, "I want to extend my gratitude to everyone who sent their concerns and encouragement."