Seoul's largest hospitals are closing inpatient wards to cut operating costs, mainly due to snowballing debt caused by reducing medical appointments amid junior doctors’ walkout.
The country’s largest doctors’ group elected a new leader who urged President Yoon Suk Yeol to “directly participate in talks with junior doctors to convince them to return.”
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday promised to make a “bold investment” in the medical sector, giving it the same weight as national security, amid an escalating standoff with doctors.
The government will shelve the execution of license suspensions against junior doctors, which was slated to be effective starting Tuesday.
Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Monday “welcomed” a medical professors’ group's position, saying they are “ready to have constructive dialogue with the government.”
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday that the government will source additional medical personnel by "hiring retired senior doctors and deploying military doctors."
CJ Olive Young's revenue surpassed that of Amorepacific and LG Household & Health Care for the first time, reaching 3.86 trillion won in 2023.
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The International Labour Organization (ILO) dismissed the junior doctors' intervention petition as the Korean government inches toward suspending the doctors' licenses.
Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Wednesday reiterated the government’s hardline stance on increasing medical recruitment by 2,000 starting next year.
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