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In 2023, 69% of local medical centers could not fill their quota of doctors. [10] Examples include Chungnam Seosan medical center being unable to hire enough radiologists despite offering an annual salary of 420 million won (about $300,000) [ 11 ] with 4.5 working days per week and Gangwon Sokcho medical center increasing the annual salary of ...
South Korean officials issued return-to-work orders for doctors participating in a one-day walkout Tuesday as part of a protracted strike against the government's plan to sharply boost medical ...
SEOUL (Reuters) -The South Korean government issued a return-to-work order for private practitioners on Tuesday as more doctors including medical professors join the months-long strike to protest ...
A strike by doctors in South Korea is testing the public's faith in a healthcare system that has long been one of the world's best. Everyone agrees South Korea needs more doctors — except the ...
South Korea's main doctors' lobby group said on Sunday it would go on strike on June 18 to protest the government's healthcare reform plan, defying a warning by the prime minister that such action ...
The current strike comes amid protests over a government plan to add 2,000 slots to the annual quota of medical students, which now stands at around 3,000. The plan has garnered strong public support.
The strike was organized by the Korea Medical Association (KMA), including interns and resident doctors at hospitals. The strike action came as South Korea battled a resurgence of COVID-19 cases and Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun urged the intern and resident doctors to call off the 24-hour strike. However, the trainee doctors taking part in the ...
Trainee doctors in South Korea began submitting their resignations en masse Monday in protest of a government medical policy, causing reported delays in surgeries and other treatments at hospitals.