SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s efforts to rescue its collapsing essential medical system by sharply raising reimbursements for high-risk surgeries have failed to halt the sector’s decline, new government data show. Even with more generous payments, essential care still accounts for less than 20 percent of total medical spending, while pediatric and obstetric [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – In May of this year, a tragic incident occurred in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, when a 5-year-old child with acute laryngitis was unable to access an available emergency room, and sadly passed away without receiving inpatient care. This incident shed light on the concerning state of pediatric healthcare in South Korea. A [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea’s birthrate hitting record lows each year, many children born with heart conditions are being overlooked. Becoming a medical specialist in pediatric cardiology requires obtaining certification as a medical specialist, completing a specified period of full-time medical practice, and successfully passing a separate examination. Statistical data from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is taking action to address the crisis in the country’s healthcare system for children, which has been pushed to the brink of collapse. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on Wednesday a series of measures aimed at improving the pediatric healthcare system, including the expansion of [...]
RALEIGH, N.C., June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Between 2007-2017, 78 novel adult cancer agents were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,1 but none of those drugs were researched to determine effectiveness for pediatric cancers. That is about to change on August 18 when the RACE Act – The Research to Accelerate Cures and Equity [...]