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South Korea’s government will take final steps to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors next week, officials said on Thursday. The medical workers have so far refused to end their walkouts despite the impact on the country’s medical services. More than 90 per cent of South Korea's 13,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike for about a month to protest the government’s plan to sharply increase medical school admissions. Their strikes have caused hundreds of cancelled surgeries and other treatments at hospitals. South Korea, with its rapidly ageing population and low doct...
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Junior doctors in South Korea have four days to end their walkouts, the government said on Monday, or they could face prosecution or have their medical licenses suspended. About 9,000 medical interns and residents have stayed off the job since early last week to protest a government plan to increase medical school admissions by about 65%. The walkouts have severely hurt the operations of their hospitals, with numerous cancellations of surgeries and other treatments. Government officials say adding more doctors is necessary to deal with South Korea’s rapidly ageing population. The country's cur...
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Trainee doctors in South Korea began submitting their resignations en masse on Monday in protest of a government medical policy, causing reported delays in surgeries and other treatments at hospitals. Doctors’ groups and the government have been squabbling over a government plan to increase the number of medical school admissions by 2,000, starting next year. Health authorities say it’s urgent to have more doctors considering South Korea's fast-ageing population. They say the number of doctors in the country relative to the size of the population is among the lowest in the developed world. As ...
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