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Expectations grow for doctors, gov't to sit down for talks

Representatives of doctors and the government are expected to sit down for talks as early as this week, as both sides have hinted that they would hold negotiations to seek a breakthrough to end a monthslong standoff over the government's medical reform.

Jun 24, 2024

Expectations grow for doctors, gov't to sit down for talks

Seoul city hospitals to suffer nearly 90 bil. won of losses over doctors' walkout this year

Two major hospitals run by the Seoul city government are forecast to suffer losses of nearly 90 billion won ($71.9 million) this year due to the prolonged walkout by trainee doctors, officials said Sunday.

Jun 23, 2024

Seoul city hospitals to suffer nearly 90 bil. won of losses over doctors' walkout this year

Mental illness tops work-related diseases among civil servants

Mental illness has emerged as the most prevalent work-related disease category Korean civil servants suffer, the Ministry of Personnel Management said Friday, attributing the findings to excessive workloads and malicious complaints from the public.

Jun 22, 2024By Kim Hyun-bin

Mental illness tops work-related diseases among civil servants

Medical professors at Seoul National University hospitals decide to end indefinite walkout

Medical professors serving as senior doctors at Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) and its affiliates decided Friday to end an indefinite walkout, officials said.

Jun 21, 2024

Medical professors at Seoul National University hospitals decide to end indefinite walkout

Angry patients to stage massive rally over doctors' prolonged walkout

Patients' group asks gov't to consider early introduction of foreign-licensed doctors

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.

Jun 20, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

Patients' group asks gov't to consider early introduction of foreign-licensed doctors

Government intensifies pressure on doctors amid prolonged standoff

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.

Jun 19, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

Government intensifies pressure on doctors amid prolonged standoff

Doctors to discuss next steps against gov't following one-day strike

Major groups of doctors and medical professors will gather Wednesday to discuss what to do next against the government's medical reform plan after a major lobby group threatened to launch an indefinite strike next week, officials said.

Jun 19, 2024

Doctors to discuss next steps against gov't following one-day strike

Regulator launches probe into major doctors' group over walkout

The antitrust regulator launched an on-site inspection into a major lobby group for doctors Wednesday for allegedly forcing its members to join a walkout against the government's medical reform plan, officials said.

Jun 19, 2024

Regulator launches probe into major doctors' group over walkout

Doctors' group threatens to stage indefinite walkout starting June 27 unless gov't accepts demands

The nation's largest lobby group of community doctors on Tuesday threatened to begin an indefinite walkout starting June 27 unless the government accepts its demands, including revisiting the issue of increasing medical school admissions.

Jun 18, 2024

Doctors' group threatens to stage indefinite walkout starting June 27 unless gov't accepts demands

Patient disruptions increase amid doctors' nationwide one-day strike

Patients nationwide experienced increased health care disruptions on Tuesday, having to return home without treatment or endure long waits, as neighborhood clinics closed as part of a general strike by doctors protesting the medical school quota hike.