Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Wait times for outpatients at nation's top university hospital double amid strike

Waiting times for outpatient treatment at Seoul National University Hospital have doubled, resulting in an average wait of 62 days before seeing a doctor.

2024-10-15

Patience is needed to ease patients’ pain

Their war of nerves must stop here.

2024-09-08

Most vulnerable patients hit hardest amid gov't and medical sector standoff

Patients in critical condition or with severe illnesses are being hit the hardest by the ongoing clash between the government and the medical sector over the medical school quota expansion. Patients hold both sides responsible for the medical crisis.

2024-04-19

Patients die while searching for available hospitals amid medical vacuum

A patient in her 60s seeking help for chest pain in South Gyeongsang died last month while awaiting surgery after six nearby hospitals refused her admission, fire authorities said Wednesday.

2024-04-18

Gov't begins procedures to suspend striking trainee doctors

The government doubled down on Monday by beginning administrative procedures to suspend the licenses of some 7,000 junior trainee doctors on strike.

2024-03-04

Tom and Jerry

The People Power Party (PPP)’s innovation committee chair Ihn Yo-han went to Busan to meet former PPP leader Lee Jun-seok, but Lee sarcastically said, “The patient is in Seoul.”

2023-11-05

Restrictions on Covid patients start to loosen up

Covid-19 patients are now allowed to leave quarantine to pick up medication from pharmacies.

2022-04-06

Covid patients told to scoot as critical cases, deaths hit highs

Critical Covid-19 cases and related deaths in Korea both hit new highs on Thursday as the government started ordering over 200 virus patients hospitalized longer than 20 days out of their intensive care unit (I.C.U.) to free space for new arrivals.

2021-12-23

First rule of telemedicine: Do no harm to the doctors

The Ministry of Health and Welfare says it recognizes the need to legalize telemedicine in Korea and will start by studying related laws in other countries, a ministry official said in response to requests to fully legalize the practice at a ...

2021-12-21

After a 50-day quarantine, this Covid survivor has learned it all

Kim Ji-ho, a 28-year-old Korean, was infected with Covid-19 on May 2. He contracted the virus after coming into contact with a friend who tested positive while hosting a dinner to thank his friends for paying their condolences at his...

2020-11-15