Director of Chungbuk National University Hospital, "The government will not build the 3rd lecture building... the debt is 240 billion."

It was pointed out in the government audit that Chungbuk National University, which has the largest number of medical school students in the country, does not have proper educational facilities.

Baek Seon-hee, a member of the Korea Reform Party, emphasized in the National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee audit of Chungbuk National University Hospital on the 8th, "Chungbuk National University has increased the number of medical students by 49, the largest in the country. It is three years after students complete pre-med and begin clinical training, but we are facing a time bomb of clinical chaos due to a lack of classrooms and practice rooms."

Rep. Baek pointed out, “The number of people in clinical practice will rapidly increase to 103 this year, 175 in 2029, and 203 in 2030. However, the main building classroom can only accommodate 85 people. Do students have to practice in the hallway?”

He also asked, "Hospital practice space is needed, but the national treasury standard (government support ratio) is 25%, so university hospitals are responsible for 75%. How much debt is the hospital? Can it cover 75%?"

In response to this, hospital director Kim Won-seop responded, "The Ministry of Health and Welfare decided to build three lecture buildings, but it has not been implemented. The hospital has a debt of 240 billion won. It is difficult (to handle)."

It was also pointed out that recovery of treatment capacity at Chungbuk National University Hospital was slow.

Rep. Seo Mi-hwa of the Democratic Party of Korea asked, "(After the legislative conflict), Chungbuk National University Hospital's bed utilization rate has decreased by about 30% and the number of surgeries has decreased by 37.4%, making it difficult to restore treatment capacity. What is the reason?"

Hospital Director Kim responded, "Residents have returned since September of last year, but the return rate is about 68% and the return rate related to essential medical care is less than 50%. The workload and fatigue of specialists are increasing, and we need to increase manpower such as nurses in addition to doctors, but the Ministry of Strategy and Finance is not allowing an increase in the number of personnel."

According to the office of Rep. Jia Han of the People Power Party, Chungbuk National University Hospital requested the government this year for an occasional increase of 142 people and a regular increase of 181 people, but only the regular increase was accepted.