SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has begun forming a committee responsible for allocating 2,000 additional medical school admission seats to universities, officials said Thursday, amid continuing protests from doctors against the plan. The move came as the government is forging ahead with the medical quota hike to address a chronic shortage of [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will swiftly implement emergency measures to alleviate public inconveniences caused by the prolonged walkout by trainee doctors protesting the government’s decision to increase the medical school admission quota, an official said Thursday. Lee Han-kyung, the interior ministry’s chief disaster management official, made the remark during a daily [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Nurses will be allowed to perform CPR and administer medication for emergency patients beginning Friday, officials have said, as part of the government’s efforts to cope with disruptions of medical services due to the ongoing mass walkout by trainee doctors. The guidelines by the Ministry of Health and Welfare [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – In an unprecedented move rippling through South Korea’s healthcare system, hospitals—including the prestigious “Big 5″ medical centers in Seoul—are grappling with a dire shortage of resident physicians by instituting unpaid leave for their staff. This drastic measure, a direct fallout from a significant decrease in patient admissions and surgical procedures, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A leader of the country’s biggest doctors’ assocation appeared before police for questioning Wednesday in connection with the walkout by trainee doctors protesting the government’s decision to hike the medical school quota. The questioning of Joo Soo-ho, the chief spokesperson of the Korea Medical Association (KMA), came as thousands [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday there is no change in the government’s principle against “illegal” labor action by trainee doctors, warning that the government would begin legal steps to punish those who defy an order to return to work. Thousands of trainee doctors remained off their jobs at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Most trainee doctors who walked off their jobs to protest against the government’s policy showed little sign of going back to work on Thursday, a deadline set by the government for them to return to work or they will face suspension of licenses and even indictment. About 9,000 trainee [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 300 trainee doctors who walked off their jobs to protest the government’s plan to increase medical school admissions returned to work during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, an official said Thursday. The 294 were tallied as of 11 a.m. Wednesday in a survey of 100 key teaching [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Interior Minister Lee Sang-min renewed calls for trainee doctors to return to work Thursday as the government-set deadline is set to expire later in the day for their return from a walkout protesting the government’s medical school quota hike plan. The government has given thousands of interns and resident [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A mass walkout by trainee doctors is approaching a deadline set by the government to return to work, as medical services have been crippled with both the government and junior doctors showing little signs of backing down. About 9,000 trainee doctors walked off their jobs for the ninth day [...]