SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Medical professors across the nation will take collective action if any damage occurs to trainee doctors and medical students protesting the government’s decision to significantly increase the medical school enrollment quota, the association of medical school faculties said Tuesday. The Medical Professors Association of Korea said it reached the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Sunday called for doctors to refrain from taking collective action amid their looming strike in protest of the government’s decision to raise medical school enrollment seats. Doctors have warned of a massive strike and other responses in opposition to the government’s decision [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry on Tuesday called for trainee doctors to avert looming collective actions in protest of a plan to increase the number of medical students by 2,000. Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo also said the government was “relieved” as an association of trainee doctors made no announcement [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Over the last 10 years, the number of doctors working at plastic surgery clinics has nearly doubled, marking a significant increase in this specialty within primary healthcare facilities in South Korea. Dermatology clinics, another popular medical field, have also seen a notable rise in the number of physicians, with a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The recent recruitment efforts for next year’s specialties at the renowned ‘Big 5′ hospitals in South Korea saw critical departments like pediatrics as well as obstetrics and gynecology facing challenges in meeting their quotas. Despite government incentives, a reluctance to pursue these specialties has persisted. Even in rural areas, where [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Doctors’ associations filed a constitutional appeal on Tuesday over a revised medical law requiring hospitals to place surveillance cameras in operating rooms, claiming it violates the personal rights of physicians. The Korea Medical Association (KMA) and the Korean Hospital Association filed the petition with the Constitutional Court, ahead of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will establish a network of doctors in each region to ensure that individuals with cardio-cerebrovascular diseases receive proper medical treatment within the so-called “golden time” during emergency situations, officials said on Monday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that it will launch a regional doctors’ network [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — In South Korea, where the number of doctors ranks near the bottom among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) members, doctors’ incomes are among the highest, data showed Sunday. According to the OECD Health Statistics 2023, the annual income of Korean medical specialists working in hospitals and [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Workforce aging is accelerating in essential medical fields as a trend of avoiding majoring in critical subjects, such as surgery and obstetrics, leads to a shortage of young specialists. According to data received by Rep. Shin Hyun-young of the Democratic Party from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and a doctors’ lobby agreed Thursday to begin discussions on increasing the number of medical students starting in 2025, officials said. Officials from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Korean Medical Association (KMA) held a consultative meeting to address various policy issues, including the contentious [...]