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Walkouts staged by trainee doctors in protest at the government’s plan to increase the number of medical students are showing signs of spreading to all doctor groups, including medical school graduates and professors.
An intensifying confrontation between doctors and the government over the latter’s decision to increase the number of medical students next year is causing significant disruptions to medical services, pushing patients to the rear.
The government and doctors are in a fierce standoff over two pivotal questions: whether the country is experiencing a shortage of doctors, and whether the government's decision to increase the annual enrollment quota at medical schools by 2,000 slots next year is justified.
Major hospitals and health authorities are swiftly transitioning into emergency mode as thousands of trainee doctors prepare to walk off their jobs on Tuesday to protest the government's plan to increase the number of medical school students starting next year.
Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) has stirred up controversy over his remarks on the reported tussle between Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in of Paris Saint-Germain ahead of Korea's loss to Jordan in the semifinals of the Asian Cup earlier this month.
Trainee doctors at five major hospitals in Seoul decided on Friday to collectively submit letters of resignation to protest against the government’s plan to increase the annual enrollment quota at medical schools starting next year.
Kim Jae-kyoung, left, managing director of content and business planning of The Korea Times, poses with Lee Sang-yong, head of the Research and Business Foundation at the Cyber University of Korea, at The Korea Times office in Seoul, Friday, after signing an agreement to jointly hold a Korean language speaking contest for foreign contestants. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
Doctors and medical students are elevating their protests against the government’s plan to raise the annual enrollment quota at medical schools starting next year. Some junior doctors have already submitted a resignation letter or expressed a willingness to quit, while some medical students vowed to take a leave of absence en masse.
The Korean Medical Association (KMA), the nation’s largest coalition of doctors, vowed to stop the government’s plan to increase the number of medical school students starting next year, denouncing it as an “unreasonable” policy.