As more people turn to generative AI chatbots for medical advice, researchers are warning that many widely used models can be easily manipulated to give dangerous recommendations.
Rural health care in Korea remains unresolved as the government presses for greater regulation to address doctor shortages, provincial hospitals struggle to recruit staff and physicians push back against proposed changes to address these issues.
Doctors are pushing back against a bill that would give emergency dispatchers more authority to assign patients to hospitals, warning that the move could overwhelm some facilities and jeopardize the emergency care system.
During the Chuseok holiday, top-tier emergency rooms across Korea were swamped with patients suffering from mild ailments like colds and nosebleeds, as many clinics remained closed.
The government has decided to allow trainee doctors who previously quit their jobs to resume training at their former hospitals, ending a prolonged standoff prompted by the previous administration's move to sharply boost medical school admissions.
The Education Ministry allows medical students to return after boycotts, raising concerns over education quality and potential inequities.
Nearly a year and a half after junior doctors resigned en masse and medical students boycotted their classes to protest the government's hike of the med school admissions quota, a breakthrough is in sight.
Capt. Lee Si-hoon shares a joyful moment with his family during the commissioning ceremony for the 55th class of medical officers at the Army Cadet Military School in Goesan, North Chungcheong, on April 24.
Lee Cook-jong, director of the Armed Forces Daejeon Hospital, reportedly apologized to the Ministry of National Defense after making remarks critical of Korea’s medical system during a recent speech.
Monday marks the deadline set by the government for medical students to return to school, with most medical schools closing their registration and reenrollment processes.
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