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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 […]
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 […]