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Leader of doctors’ group questioned for 3rd time over trainee doctors’ walkout – Beragampengetahuan
Park Myung-ha, chief of the Korean Medical Association emergency committee’s organizational affairs, speaks in front of the press upon attending a police questioning in Seoul, March 18. Yonhap Police questioned a leader of the Korean Medical Association (KMA), the country’s biggest doctors’ group, for the third time Monday over suspicions of instigating a mass walkout […]
Gov’t implores medical professors not to resign in support of junior doctors’ walkout – Beragampengetahuan
Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo speaks at a briefing in goverment complex, Sejong, March 13. Yonhap The health ministry on Wednesday implored medical professors not to resign in support of a mass walkout by junior doctors as their labor action showed signs of escalating, with disruptions in medical services continuing for more than three […]
Tensions hit fever pitch as doctors hold mass street rally – Beragampengetahuan
Doctors participate in a mass rally to protest against the government’s decision to increase the medical school student quota to 2,000 by 2025 at Yeouido Hangang Park on Sunday. (Yonhap) Tensions between the Yoon Suk Yeol government and the medical community have escalated to a boiling point, with doctors flooding the streets in a massive […]
Major hospitals experience disruptions as junior doctors’ walkout enters 5th day – Beragampengetahuan
Major hospitals across the country continued to experience disruptions Saturday as thousands of trainee doctors remained off their jobs for the fifth consecutive day in protest against the government’s plan to raise the medical school enrollment quota. Nearly 100 general hospitals have canceled or postponed nonessential procedures and turned away non-emergency patients, prioritizing service for […]
Govt. says nationwide doctors’ strike unlikely despite growing grievances – Beragampengetahuan
A nationwide strike by doctors is unlikely to be realized, the health ministry said Thursday, though trainee doctors and medical school students have moved to take collective action against medical school enrollment quota hikes. Doctors have warned of a massive strike and other responses in opposition to the government’s decision announced last week to add […]
PM says expanding workforce of doctors is starting point of healthcare reform – Beragampengetahuan
A man walks out of a medical school in Seoul, Feb. 4. Yonhap Prime Minister Han Duck-soo called on the medical community Tuesday to cooperate with the government’s plan to significantly increase the annual medical school enrollment quota, stating that it marks the starting point of healthcare reform. Last week, the government announced its plan […]
Health secretary refuses to resume talks with striking doctors | Doctors – Beragampengetahuan
The health secretary, Victoria Atkins, has refused to resume talks with junior doctors unless they call off their strike. As doctors entered their second day of a three-day strike in England, Atkins showed no sign of shifting position. Talks between the government and the doctors’ union, the British Medical Association, broke down earlier this month […]