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Gov’t Weighing Measures to Deal with Trainee Doctors who Refuse to Return to Hospitals

Gov’t Weighing Measures to Deal with Trainee Doctors who Refuse to Return to Hospitals

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 [...]

Gov’t Urges Trainee Doctors to Swiftly Decide on Whether to Return to Hospitals

Gov’t Urges Trainee Doctors to Swiftly Decide on Whether to Return to Hospitals

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 [...]

Trainee Doctors Seen as Lukewarm as Gov’t Allows Them to Return to Hospitals without Legal Burdens

Trainee Doctors Seen as Lukewarm as Gov’t Allows Them to Return to Hospitals without Legal Burdens

SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Trainee doctors who left their worksites for months in protest of the government’s medical reform were seen as mostly lukewarm to plans by the government to allow them to seek other career paths or return to hospitals without legal burdens, according to some junior doctors Wednesday. In an apparent [...]

Health Minister Vows to Accomplish Medical Reform

Health Minister Vows to Accomplish Medical Reform

SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday the government will accomplish medical reform, despite a prolonged walkout by junior doctors that have crippled public health services at major hospitals for nearly six weeks. “The government will accomplish medical reform by only looking at the people,” Cho told a government response [...]

Health Ministry Appeals to Defiant Trainee Doctors to Come Forward for Talks

Health Ministry Appeals to Defiant Trainee Doctors to Come Forward for Talks

SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry on Wednesday appealed to defiant junior doctors to come forward for talks with the government, as a prolonged walkout by trainee doctors has crippled major hospitals for more than five weeks. Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo urged defiant trainee doctors to “form a responsible delegation [...]

Medical Professors Demand Gov’t Scrap Increased Medical School Admission Seats

Medical Professors Demand Gov’t Scrap Increased Medical School Admission Seats

SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of medical professors on Monday demanded the government scrap a reform plan that increased medical school admission seats, saying it would sit down for talks with the government only if the plan is abolished. The demand by the Medical Professors Association of Korea is expected to complicate [...]

Health Minister Vows to Swiftly Hold Talks with Medical Community over Doctors’ Walkout

Health Minister Vows to Swiftly Hold Talks with Medical Community over Doctors’ Walkout

SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday relevant ministries have swiftly begun work to hold talks with the medical community, a day after President Yoon Suk Yeol called for a “flexible” measure over the government’s move to suspend licenses of defiant trainee doctors. Prospects of talks between the government and [...]

Additional Military Surgeons, Public Health Doctors to Be Deployed: PM

Additional Military Surgeons, Public Health Doctors to Be Deployed: PM

SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday that the government will deploy additional military surgeons and public health doctors to help cope with the prolonged walkout by junior doctors. Over 90 percent of the country’s 13,000 junior doctors have been on mass resignations for more than a month, protesting against [...]