Even while patients are suffering from doctors’ walkout, both the government and medical circles are chanting the same mantra: “It is all for patients’ sake.”
Patients and students are increasingly embarrassed by the ongoing standoff between doctors and the government over the medical school admissions quota increase.
Medical school professors joining the walkout would only worsen the crisis.
The upcoming program will streamline medical care procedures — from diagnosis to treatment — for child patients with solid tumors and cancer.
Huons has taken the initiative in enhancing convenience for diabetes patients, in alignment with the government’s latest health insurance support policies.
The government is widening access to virtual consultations and issuing the most severe crisis level as medical students continue to walk off the job over the pending hike in the med school enrollment quota.
Doctors continue to leave their patients in protest of the government’s plan to increase the student quota for medical schools.
Although doctors cite the interests of public health, patients and the public regard them as selfish and self-serving.
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