Health

96% of trainee doctors, med students say admission quota should be slashed or maintained: poll

About 96 percent of trainee doctors and medical students believe that the admission quota of medical schools needs to be reduced or maintained given the current medical and educational circumstances, a poll showed Tuesday.

Apr 2, 2024

96% of trainee doctors, med students say admission quota should be slashed or maintained: poll

Researchers call for special support to prevent brain drain in basic science

Basic science researchers have raised concerns that the Yoon Suk Yeol administration's plan to increase the number of medical students could pose a serious threat to the advancement of scientific technology in the country. They fear that the science sector may be marginalized as attention is predominantly focused on medical schools and education.

Apr 2, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

Researchers call for special support to prevent brain drain in basic science

Emergency rooms at major hospital feel heat as medical professors cut working hours

Some emergency departments at major hospitals turned away patients or reduced procedures Monday as medical professors began cutting their working hours to cope with growing fatigue caused by a protracted walkout by junior doctors.

Apr 1, 2024

Emergency rooms at major hospital feel heat as medical professors cut working hours

Yoon calls for unified proposal on med school admissions increase

Senior doctors lambaste Yoon's national address on medical reform

Senior doctors lashed out at President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday for repeating "false claims" on the planned hike in medical school admissions and junior doctors' walkout without presenting any solution to resolve the medical service disruptions.

Apr 1, 2024

Senior doctors lambaste Yoon's national address on medical reform

Yoon calls for unified proposal on med school admissions increase

Korean president slams doctor 'cartel' as strike drags on

Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday slammed the "cartel" of medics who oppose sector reforms, saying the government would not back down on plans that have triggered a month-long doctors' strike.

Apr 1, 2024

Korean president slams doctor 'cartel' as strike drags on

Yoon calls for unified proposal on med school admissions increase

Yoon calls for unified proposal on med school admissions increase

President Yoon Suk Yeol called on doctors Monday to come up with a "unified proposal" on the appropriate increase in medical school admissions, saying the government will be open to talks though it believes a hike of 2,000 is the minimum.

Apr 1, 2024

Yoon calls for unified proposal on med school admissions increase

Yoon to address nation on medical reform Monday amid attention to possible change to 2,000 quota hike

President Yoon Suk Yeol plans to address the nation Monday on the government's push for medical reform, his office said Sunday, amid keen attention to whether he may show a flexible attitude toward the state plan to boost the medical school enrollment quota by 2,000 seats.

Mar 31, 2024

Yoon to address nation on medical reform Monday amid attention to possible change to 2,000 quota hike

Health minister vows to accomplish medical reform

Medical professors demand vice health minister be excluded from media responses

An association of medical professors urged the government Saturday to exclude Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo from making media responses to facilitate talks in the upcoming negotiations for medical reform.

Mar 30, 2024

Medical professors demand vice health minister be excluded from media responses

New chief of doctors' group vows to disrupt election campaigns of antagonistic politicians

The new leader of the largest coalition of doctors vowed to disturb campaigns of politicians who have been on the offensive against doctors, by persuading patients not to vote for them in the April 10 general elections, amid a protracted conflict with the government over the planned medical school admissions quota hike.

Mar 29, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

New chief of doctors' group vows to disrupt election campaigns of antagonistic politicians

ILO asks Seoul for opinion on petition from striking trainee doctors

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has asked the Korean government to express its position on a local medical group's recent request for the United Nations agency to intervene in its back-to-work order for striking trainee doctors, the labor ministry said Friday.

Mar 29, 2024

ILO asks Seoul for opinion on petition from striking trainee doctors

Gov't vows not to backtrack increased medical school admission quotas despite doctors' walkout

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Health

96% of trainee doctors, med students say admission quota should be slashed or maintained: poll

Researchers call for special support to prevent brain drain in basic science

Emergency rooms at major hospital feel heat as medical professors cut working hours

Senior doctors lambaste Yoon's national address on medical reform

Korean president slams doctor 'cartel' as strike drags on

Yoon calls for unified proposal on med school admissions increase

Yoon to address nation on medical reform Monday amid attention to possible change to 2,000 quota hike

Medical professors demand vice health minister be excluded from media responses

New chief of doctors' group vows to disrupt election campaigns of antagonistic politicians

ILO asks Seoul for opinion on petition from striking trainee doctors

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