The medical profession is a relatively unique group in Hong Kong society. It is not only a traditional social elite, but has been actively speaking on social and political issues in the past.
Since the legislative amendment turmoil, doctors and nurses have repeatedly walked to the front line to oppose the government, and once stood at the forefront of the storm.
In the subsector elections of the Election Committee and the end-of-year Legislative Council elections to be held next month, the medical profession must merge with the health service sector. In disguised form, the non-elected seats have been cut by half.
During an interview with "Hong Kong 01", Chairman Lin Zhe-xuan of "Medical Care Integrity" mentioned that the "yellow and blue opposition" of the doctor industry has never been obvious. It is an individual phenomenon to actively participate in political movements. ", to provide opinions on medical policies.
He believes that even if the number of seats in the Election Committee and the Legislative Council is reduced, the government cannot help but listen to the opinions of doctors.
Instead, he believes that some individuals in the industry overrule the public interest and common medical knowledge. For example, for the sake of the industry, they oppose the government's ban on heating cigarettes and ignore the risk of addiction to young people. He criticized this mentality as "collective selfishness." Sweep into the "political garbage post."
Said that the government always needs to listen to doctors
Lin Zhe-xuan said that the doctor industry has always been "no talk about politics or politics." The so-called dual opposition between the "establishment and the democrats" was not obvious in the past, and it will be the same in the future. Taking himself as an example, he has often been accused of "pro-organization" in the past. "But in fact, they will severely criticize the government for medical policies.
"Unless there are special social events and many doctors come out to express their views, the views on some social issues within the sector are all cross-political. All schools are good, medicine should belong to medicine, not too "side by side." "
After the reorganization of the Election Committee and the Legislative Council, the medical profession and the health service sector were merged into the "medicine and health service sector", and the seats were cut by half. The number of voters in the medical sector is far less than that of the health service sector. The Legislative Council may not have In response to the doctor's representative, some people questioned that this is a "dwarfing" doctor.
Lin Zhexuan believes that the role of doctors in politics is to "use our professional knowledge to take the pulse of society." In the past, doctors only occupied a few seats in the Legislative Council and the electoral committee. Therefore, whether doctors’ opinions can be effectively reflected, the focus has never been It is not "counting people" or "how many votes", but it depends on how willing the government is to listen to the voices of the industry and citizens: "How can it be as simple as one person, one vote in a democratic society? The most important thing is that the government is willing to listen to everyone's opinions. ."
Therefore, Lin Zhe-xuan believes that changing the electoral system can "mitigate the chances of extreme situations" politically, and he is not worried that doctors’ opinions will not be reflected. As doctors are traditional professionals, it is impossible for the government to ignore their opinions completely. The Chief Executive has a minimum of respect for doctors and will not ignore them. Medical care is always an important part of people's livelihood. For some things, only doctors can give professional advice. If the government could really ignore the opinions of the medical profession, it would have closed the door long ago. Come and think about it yourself."
Emphasize that the medical profession will not only oppose helping to conceive solutions
In the past, doctors have always been regarded as a less "obedient" sector. In the 2016 reform of the Medical Council, the medical profession called on medical students to surround the Legislative Council and initiate a Rab in the Parliament to prevent the passage of the bill; the COVID-19 pandemic affected the legislation. In the early stages of the epidemic, medical staff frequently stood up against the government and even launched strikes; the medical profession was also relatively conservative when it came to introducing non-locally trained doctors.
Lin Zhexuan believes that the interests of doctors have always been in line with the interests of most citizens, and they are not worried about "selfishness" in the medical profession. He emphasized that the medical profession just "will not support the government 100%." It is also an isolated phenomenon to participate in political protests; There may be problems with government policies, and we will stand up against them: "In many cases, even if we (the medical profession) do not approve of the government's approach, we will not just oppose it. We will help the government to figure out a solution." For example, for non-locally trained doctors, Lin Zhexuan He said that he would seek truth from facts and believe that allowing non-local specialists to practice in Hong Kong can help train young local doctors and be of benefit to everyone.
Reprimanding people for selling addictions for the benefit of the industry as "anti-human" behavior
On the contrary, Lin believes that there are some people in society who are obstructing the government from making some livelihood policies to protect the interests of narrow sectors. That is the real disregard for public safety.
He specifically pointed out that the government's proposed legislation to ban e-cigarettes and heating cigarettes is a broad consensus in the society. Important stakeholders such as the medical profession, education circles, and parents all understand the harms of the two. There should be no controversy. Some business people "jumped out to protect the interests of the sector" and opposed the prohibition of heating cigarettes: "This is for the interests of businessmen to harm the next generation and generations of Hong Kong people. Are you worthy of Hong Kong? This is simply "Anti-human" behavior. Heating cigarettes is not only tobacco, but also an addiction. If you sell an addiction, of course there is a problem, right? All addictions are the same. Once this addiction is sold, you will follow that person for the rest of your life. You introduce a new type of addiction for the benefit of your industry niche. What is this not "anti-human"?"
Lin Zhexuan pointed out: "If in a parliament, everyone voted only for the benefit of their own sector. This is called a "collective selfish system". Don't say it is so great, then the system should be "closed". This political ideology , Should have been swept into the "political garbage post" long ago."
Lin Zhexuan hopes that under the new political system, political disputes will be reduced and the primary medical care situation can be improved, so as to solve the problem of medical triage.
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Ji's primary medical care is improved to solve medical triage
Under the new political system in the future, political disputes are "cool down". Lin Zhexuan hopes that the relationship between the executive and the legislature will improve, but he emphasized that he is not blindly following the government, but working together and playing a supervisory role. Go forward together".
He also believes that if any system eventually turns into blind support for the government, it will not be a good system. He believes that the medical profession will continue to stick to its posts and provide professional advice to the society.
Lin Zhe-xuan finally mentioned that there are many areas in Hong Kong’s medical policy that need to be reformed, but there are many problems. From a public perspective, there is only one core, that is, the long waiting time in public hospitals, especially specialties. If this problem can be solved, Everything else is trivial.
He pointed out that the shortage of public medical staff in Hong Kong is one of the reasons, but another important point is the problem of triage. Most of the illnesses, no matter how old or new, are serious, are all backlogged in public hospitals. "An elderly person with diabetes is in a public hospital. After the specialist sees the patient in the hospital, the condition is stable, why can’t we follow up in the community? But is there any such health center in the community now? How about the offload of the HA? I hope I can discuss it carefully."
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