Permanent closures
![A sign on a pediatric hospital in Seoul notifies patients that it closed down on Wednesday. The number of pediatric hospitals privately operating in Seoul shrunk 12.5 percent to 521 in 2022 compared to 2017’s 456, according to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service on Wednesday. The number of newborns in March fell 8.1 percent on year to 21,138, according to a Statistics Korea report released on the same day. The lowest monthly figure was last December’s 16,803. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2023/05/24/b279b135-4048-4950-b8bf-6fafecf2c7d9.jpg)
A sign on a pediatric hospital in Seoul notifies patients that it closed down on Wednesday. The number of pediatric hospitals privately operating in Seoul shrunk 12.5 percent to 521 in 2022 compared to 2017’s 456, according to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service on Wednesday. The number of newborns in March fell 8.1 percent on year to 21,138, according to a Statistics Korea report released on the same day. The lowest monthly figure was last December’s 16,803. [YONHAP]
BY LEE JAE-LIM [lee.jaelim@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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