SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Two major hospitals run by the Seoul city government are forecast to suffer losses of nearly 100 billion won (US$71.89 million) this year due to the prolonged walkout by trainee doctors, officials said Sunday. The two municipal hospitals, Seoul Medical Center and Boramae Medical Center, are projected to suffer [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Suffering from the prolonged walkout by junior doctors and the subsequent disruptions to the health care system, angry patients will hold a rally on an unprecedented scale next month, officials said Friday. An association of patients’ groups said it is organizing a protest, together with other patients’ organizations, in [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – More medical professors affiliated with major hospitals in South Korea are considering taking weekly breaks amid the prolonged walkout by trainee doctors, officials said Wednesday, sparking fears of exacerbating the country’s health care crisis and financial difficulties of hospitals. Earlier in the day, an emergency committee of medical professors [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Military hospitals nationwide have treated more than 700 civilians since opening their doors to the public at a full scale in mid-February, the defense ministry said Sunday, amid the protracted walkout by trainee doctors. Military hospital emergency rooms became fully accessible to civilians to help address concerns of health [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) –The Asan Medical Center in Seoul has racked up losses of more than 50 billion won over the past 40 days, a staggering financial toll from a nationwide strike by resident physicians protesting the government’s plan to expand medical school admissions. In an email to faculty members on April 3, [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Major general hospitals have requested the government expand low-interest loans for them as the protracted walkout by trainee doctors has disrupted hospital operations, causing billions of won in deficits per day, sources said Friday. The walkout, which has continued for over three weeks, disrupted operations of major general hospitals [...]
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 [...]