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KMID : 0387320220320030330
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2022 Volume.32 No. 3 p.330 ~ p.333
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and Human Rights of Health Professionals: Focused on Public Health Doctors
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Hong Sa-Min
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Abstract
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Korea’s quarantine response to the novel coronavirus (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) pandemic is based on the sacrifice ofhealth professionals, especially public health doctors (PHDs) who were called out first and put in the first place in the country. PHDsperformed major quarantine tasks, such as collecting samples from screening clinics and epidemiological investigations, in variousparts of the country, including the Daegu area, where the first large-scale COVID-19 confirmed cases in Korea and explosivelyincreased. Because of their position as fixed-term civil servants, however, PHDs’ professionalism as doctors was ignored, and theywere not properly compensated for their work. They were also exposed to problems such as a high risk of infection, mental suffering,and various human rights violations. We must prepare concrete measures to improve the fundamental treatment of PHDs and protecttheir human rights in order to prepare for a possible infectious disease pandemic in the future.
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KEYWORD
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Novel coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, Health professional, Public health doctor
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