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Doctors at Leading Hospitals Announce Indefinite Strike

SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Doctors at major hospitals in Seoul and its neighboring areas have decided to stage indefinite walkouts, while medical professors resolved Wednesday to join community doctors in a one-day strike next week, demanding the scrapping of a medical school quota hike. In a meeting late Wednesday, professors from the country’s [...]

More Than 6,400 Trainee Doctors Submit Resignations As Worries over Public Health Mount

SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 6,400 trainee doctors have submitted their resignations in protest of the government’s plan to boost the number of medical students, officials said Tuesday, as worries mount that their collective action could put public health at risk. Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo told reporters that the ministry [...]