A Korean doctor's association has called for an immediate halt to the government's plan to allow non-face-to-face medical treatment.

The Korean Medical Association (Chairman Hyun-Taek Lim) issued a statement on the 28th claiming, “The government should immediately stop allowing all non-face-to-face medical treatment as its pilot project and ensure that the non-face-to-face treatment pilot project is operated only as a supplementary means for returning patients, under the principle of face-to-face treatment.”

The Ministry of Health and Welfare implemented a pilot project for non-face-to-face treatment in June last year, focusing on clinic-level medical institutions and returning patie