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The government and doctors’ groups clashed again Wednesday over whether the country needs more physicians and who should be responsible for the protracted health care standoff.
The number of people who newly contracted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) last year was 1,005, down by 5.7 percent from 1,066 reported the previous year, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Wednesday.
Soon-to-be mothers are expressing confusion and fear over the health ministry’s delayed review of a ban on the simultaneous use of epidurals and continuous infusion of local anesthetic, widely referred to as painbusters, during childbirth through cesarean section.
Anticipation is rising for potential talks between the government and doctors to resolve their prolonged standoff regarding the Yoon Suk Yeol administration's policy to increase the annual medical school admissions quota.
The Korean government has implemented a variety of services ranging from counseling and interpretation to education and training to help foreign workers adjust to life in the country.
The Korea Severe Disease Association, one of the major patients’ groups in Korea, has asked the health ministry to hold a public hearing on the introduction of doctors holding licenses issued in foreign nations, in response to the protracted government-doctor standoff resulting in significant disruptions to medical services.
Labor unions in Korea and the Philippines jointly expressed concerns, Thursday, over an upcoming pilot project that will bring caregivers from the Southeast Asian country to Seoul. They also highlighted fears about the existing Seasonal Worker Program (SWP), which permits Korean local governments to invite temporary workers from overseas.
The government is stepping up pressure on doctors who are protesting the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s policy to increase the annual medical school admissions quota.
Concerns are growing over the lack of clarity in the job description for caregivers from the Philippines who will start working at households in Seoul as early as September for Korea’s pilot project.
Medical professors, as well as doctors at neighborhood clinics, plan to stage a collective walkout this week.