With the government considering last week's appellate court ruling as a legitimization of its medical recruitment expansion policy, regional universities are clearing the path to add admission slots by amending academic codes.
Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong called on striking junior doctors to return to hospitals before Tuesday if they wish to qualify for a board-certified qualification exam next year. The junior doctors’ walkout reached the three-month mark on Monday.
Professors at 16 medical schools have decided to resign starting March 25 over the government's obstinate stance on raising the medical school enrollment quota.
The government on Monday said that it had completed sending notices of medical license suspensions to nearly 5,000 junior doctors nationwide.
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.
Complaints from patients are growing this week over canceled or delayed surgeries as more trainee doctors in Korea resign to protest the government’s decision to increase medical school enrollment quotas.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday that it had ordered 6,112 of the 8,816 trainee doctors who have left their posts at 100 major hospitals nationwide to return to work as of 10 p.m. Tuesday.
Over 6,000 trainee doctors submitted their resignation letters as of Monday night to protest the hike in enrollment quotas at medical schools.
Tension between the government and doctors in Korea is escalating amid concerns of medical chaos as interns and residents began submitting their resignation letters on Monday to protest the hike in enrollment quotas at medical schools.
The Korean government on Tuesday announced an increase in the enrollment quota for medical schools by 2,000 starting next year, a plan it has been pushing to resolve the country's doctor shortage.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap
