Dejected nurses

Nurses had argued for the need to allow them to provide independent medical services, especially to older adults, through the Nursing Act. Doctors strongly opposed the legislation warning that it would lead to unsupervised medical practices.

2023-05-30

Nursing bill dies as lawmakers fail to override veto

A controversial nursing bill previously rejected by President Yoon Suk Yeol was scrapped Tuesday after it failed to muster the necessary two-thirds support to override his veto.

2023-05-30

Yoon vetoes controversial Nursing Act

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday vetoed a controversial nursing bill that defines the roles and responsibilities of nurses. During a Cabinet meeting Tuesday morning, Yoon vetoed the newly legislated Nursing Act, which has sparked fierce ...

2023-05-16

Yoon vetoes controversial Nursing Act

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday vetoed a controversial nursing bill that defines the roles and responsibilities of nurses. This marks Yoon's second veto of a bill, followed by one against an amendment to the Grain Management Act last month.

2023-05-16

PPP, government to ask president to veto new Nursing Act

The People Power Party (PPP) and the government on Sunday decided to ask President Yoon Suk Yeol to veto the newly legislated Nursing Act that was pushed through the National Assembly, led by the Democratic Party (DP), last month.

2023-05-14

Partial strike over Nursing Act pits doctors against nurses

Doctors and certified nursing assistants went on partial strike Thursday to protest the Nursing Act legislation that specifies nurses' roles and responsibilities. Even dentists and care workers who were not part of the first partial strike last ...

2023-05-11

[NEWS IN FOCUS] Yoon, PPP agonize over veto for Nursing Act

Neighborhood hospitals have been closing earlier than usual with doctors on partial strike and 20,000 nursing assistants on leave to protest nursing legislation pushed through the National Assembly led by the Democratic Party (DP).

2023-05-07