SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A fierce “recruitment war” is unfolding across South Korea as hospitals scramble to staff their emergency rooms, highlighting a growing crisis in the country’s healthcare system. Some hospitals are offering annual salaries of up to 400 million won for emergency medicine specialists, yet still struggle to fill positions. The situation [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The difficulty that hospitals face in operating emergency rooms has long been a serious issue in South Korea, the health ministry said Thursday, adding that it is a major reason for the government to push for medical reform that includes the increase in the medical school admission quota. Concerns [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea’s healthcare system grapples with a six-month-long medical vacuum, emergency rooms are preparing for a potential overflow during the upcoming Chuseok holiday. The convergence of COVID-19 cases, heat-related illnesses, and the traditional holiday rush is raising concerns about the capacity of already strained emergency services. The Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of emergency patients with heart attacks, strokes, and severe injuries did not make it to the emergency room in time in the last five years, a lawmaker said Tursday. According to a report submitted to Rep. Choi Hye-young of the Democratic Party by the National Medical Center, 49.1 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of all patients brought to the emergency room are mildly ill, while only 7 in 100 come for serious emergencies. Experts are pointing out that this is the result of exploiting emergency rooms as a route to enter large hospitals, undermining the original responsibilities of emergency [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Three out of 10 people rushed to the emergency room after attempting suicide were found to have tried to take their own life on previous occasions. Moreover, a portion of these people were thinking of making another suicide attempt within the next six months. The Ministry of Health and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – When the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome swept Korea earlier this year, Samsung Medical Center was at the center of the epidemic, not as a healing center for the deadly disease, but as the source of the outbreak. Among the 186 patients who contracted MERS, almost half (91) were infected at the [...]