SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Patients with severe illnesses, including cancer, gathered in front of Seoul National University Hospital on June 12 to urge doctors to immediately call off their planned indefinite strike starting on June 17, with some groups considering filing lawsuits against the striking physicians. At a news conference, the Korean Alliance for [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Any illegal acts related to the collective action by doctors will be dealt with sternly, the government said Thursday, as medical professors and community doctors plan to stage walkouts in protest against the medical school quota hike. The Korea Medical Association (KMA), the biggest doctors’ group, plans a one-day [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Professors at 40 medical schools were set to hold a meeting Wednesday to decide whether or not to join a planned strike by community doctors, an official at a group of the professors has said. Community doctors voted to take a day off next Tuesday in support of a [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday the government ordered community doctors to keep providing medical treatment and report to authorities when they close their businesses, after the doctors voted to stage a strike in protest of the government’s medical reform. Cho issued the order a day after the Korean [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 86 percent of South Koreans believe junior doctors, who have been on a walkout since late February, should return to hospitals, a poll showed Monday, reflecting growing public fatigue over the ongoing disruptions in medical services. According to the poll conducted by the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The government’s ongoing push for medical reform is for the people, and it cannot be subject to negotiations, the health ministry said Friday, effectively rejecting the medical community’s call for modifying the state plan to markedly raise medical school enrollment quota. More than 90 percent of the country’s 13,000 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Intern doctors, who have left their worksites in protest of a plan to hike the number of medical students, will be barred from training in the first half of this year unless they register for jobs by April 2, a senior official said Thursday. Deputy Health Minister Jun Byung-wang [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A major lobby group of community doctors is set to elect a new leader Tuesday, with a prolonged walkout by junior doctors over the increased medical school enrollment quota continuing to disrupt public health services at major hospitals. The Korean Medical Association (KMA), which represents some 100,000 community doctors, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting this year, South Korea will implement measures to enhance transparency in the relationship between healthcare professionals and pharmaceutical and medical device companies. The Ministry of Health and Welfare has announced guidelines for compiling reports detailing the economic benefits provided to doctors and pharmacists. In 2021, amendments were made to [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is gearing up to disclose a report by year-end that will reveal the financial benefits received by doctors from pharmaceutical companies, sparking a debate on whether to include identifiable information such as names in the report. According to a statement from the Ministry of Health and [...]