Private practitioners who collectively suspended patient treatment and staged a rally on Tuesday in protest of the government's medical school quota hike plan to hold joint discussions with other groups within the medical community.

The Korean Medical Association(KMA) said it plans to seek ways to fight against the government-led reforms on Wednesday during talks with the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences, the Medical Professors Association of Korea, and emergency committees representing medical professors.

On Tuesday, the KMA threatened to launch an indefinite suspension starting June 27 unless the government agrees to reconsider the medical school admissions quota hike, revise policies on enhancing essential medicine, and withdraw administrative orders on trainee doctors and medical students.

The KMA is also set to launch a pan-medical community response committee along with professor groups on Thursday, which will likely serve at the core of doctors' resistance against the reforms.

While the KMA invited the Korean Intern Resident Association(KIRA) to join the committee, KIRA emergency chief Park Dan rejected the offer, stating on social media that his group does not support the KMA's three-point demands.