SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has been weighing measures on how to deal with trainee doctors who refuse to return to hospitals in protest of medical reform, according to officials Friday. With most trainee doctors still remaining unresponsive to the government’s appeasement measures to help them return to hospitals, officials said the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – In a dramatic display of desperation, thousands of South Korean cattle farmers gathered outside the National Assembly in Seoul on July 3 to protest their deteriorating economic situation and demand government intervention. The demonstration, which included a symbolic attempt to “return” cattle to the government, marked the first such protest [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of more than 90 patient advocacy groups staged a rally in central Seoul on Thursday, calling for doctors to end the ongoing walkout that has disrupted public health services for nearly five months. The protest, including members from the Korea Alliance of Patients Organization and the Korean Organization [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Senior doctors at Asan Medical Center, one of the five biggest hospitals in Seoul, said Wednesday they will cut procedures and outpatient care starting Thursday, blaming the government for causing disruptions in public health services in the wake of medical reform. Medical professors at the University of Ulsan, who [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Tuesday called for trainee doctors to swiftly make their decision on whether or not to return to hospitals, as most of them have shown little sign of returning despite the government’s appeasement steps. About 12,000 trainee doctors have left their worksites since late February [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Medical professors at three Korea University-affiliated hospitals vowed Monday to start an indefinite voluntary walkout later this month, amid a prolonged standoff between doctors and the government over its medical reform plan. The emergency committee of the professors serving as senior doctors at the university announced the walkout starting [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Representatives of doctors and the government are expected to sit down for talks as early as this week, as both sides have hinted that they would hold negotiations to seek a breakthrough to end a monthslong standoff over the government’s medical reform. The move came as Lim Hyun-taek, a [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Major groups of doctors and medical professors will gather Wednesday to discuss what to do next against the government’s medical reform plan after threatening to launch an indefinite strike next week, officials said. On Tuesday, some community doctors and medical professors affiliated with the Korea Medical Association (KMA) held [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The antitrust regulator launched an on-site inspection into a major lobby group for doctors Wednesday for allegedly forcing its members to join a walkout against the government’s medical reform plan, officials said. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) sent inspectors to the office of the Korean Medical Association (KMA) in [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Tuesday the government ordered community doctors who joined a one-day walkout to return to work, warning that they would face legal punishment unless they comply with the order. The order came as about 4 percent of the nation’s 36,371 community hospitals, excluding dental and [...]