Military Hospital Archives

Over 100 Civilians Visit Military Hospital Emergency Rooms amid Doctors’ Walkout

SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 100 civilian patients have visited military hospital emergency rooms since trainee doctors at general hospitals began a mass walkout last month in protest of the government’s medical school admissions plan, the defense ministry said Monday. Military hospitals fully opened their emergency wards to civilians on Feb. 20 [...]

Military Hospital Emergency Rooms to Open to Public in case of Doctors’ Collective Action

SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The military plans to open its hospital emergency rooms to the public if doctors stage a massive walkout against the government’s plan to increase medical school admissions, the defense ministry said Monday. Thousands of trainee doctors were set to submit their resignations en masse later in the day in [...]