SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Trainee doctors at major general hospitals in Seoul were set to submit their letters of collective resignation Monday, in an escalation of their protest against the government’s plan to boost the number of medical students. Concerns have been brewing as doctors warn of a large-scale strike and other responses [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Monday that the government will fully expand telemedicine services if doctors walk off their jobs in protest of the government’s plan to increase medical school admissions. Thousands of trainee doctors, such as residents at Seoul’s five major general hospitals, were poised to submit their [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry on Friday ordered 221 training hospitals to ban mass leave and maintain essential medical personnel, as trainee doctors decided to submit their letters of collective resignations in protest of a plan to boost the number of medical students. The order came hours after trainee doctors of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Trainee doctors of five major general hospitals in Seoul have decided to submit their letters of resignation en masse Monday, in a move certain to intensify their strike threat over a plan to boost the number of medical students, a group of trainee doctors has said. Friday’s decision came [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry said Thursday that it will fully expand telemedicine services and mobilize assistant nurses if a major association of trainee doctors pushes ahead with a nationwide strike in protest of a plan to boost the number of medical students. Tension between doctors and the government has grown [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors at a medical school vowed Thursday to take a one-year leave of absence en masse in protest of the government’s plan to raise the enrollment quota of medical schools. The fourth-year students of the college of medicine at Hallym University in the eastern city of Chuncheon unanimously agreed [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo called on the medical community Tuesday to cooperate with the government’s plan to significantly increase the annual medical school enrollment quota, stating that it marks the starting point of healthcare reform. Last week, the government announced its plan to add 2,000 seats to the country’s medical school [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – With the South Korean government’s decision to increase medical school seats by 2,000 starting from next year’s admissions, there has already been a flood of inquiries from working professionals and college students. Top-tier universities, particularly the prestigious ‘SKY’ schools (Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University), are showing signs [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The government’s recent decision to expand medical school quotas by 2,000 spots, the first increase in 27 years, is anticipated to significantly impact the college admissions landscape, particularly among top-tier students. This expansion is expected to intensify the “medical school craze” among high-achieving students, leading to an increase in repeat [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The doctors’ association vowed Tuesday to launch a nationwide strike if the government “unilaterally” pushes for raising the medial school enrollment quota. The health ministry is widely expected to announce a plan later in the day to increase the number of medical students by up to around 2,000 starting [...]