Health

Seoul City to extend operating hours of city-run hospitals in event of doctors' walkout

The Seoul city government said Monday it will extend the operating hours of city-run hospitals and community healthcare centers and take other emergency measures if a looming doctors' walkout materializes.

Feb 19, 2024

Seoul City to extend operating hours of city-run hospitals in event of doctors' walkout

Hospitals on alert as trainee doctors prepare to strike from Tuesday

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.

Feb 19, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

Hospitals on alert as trainee doctors prepare to strike from Tuesday

Police warn leaders of doctor walkout could face arrest

The national police chief warned Monday that those leading collective action by doctors could face arrest, as young doctors are turning in resignations en masse in protest of the government's increase in medical school admissions.

Feb 19, 2024

Police warn leaders of doctor walkout could face arrest

Health ministry orders all trainee doctors to keep providing medical treatment

Korea, NASA to kick off joint air quality research across Asia

Korea and the United States will kick off a research campaign to uncover the cause of air pollution across Asia during the winter season as part of efforts to better address air quality challenges and come up with policies designed to improve air quality.

Feb 18, 2024

Korea, NASA to kick off joint air quality research across Asia

Doctors warn of drastic action if gov't continues to threaten trainees

Doctors warned Saturday that they will take "unbearable" steps and could walk off the job indefinitely if the government continues to threaten interns and residents opposing its plan to increase the number of medical students.

Feb 17, 2024

Doctors warn of drastic action if gov't continues to threaten trainees

Trainee doctors plan to resign en masse in protest against medical school quota hike

Trainee doctors plan to resign en masse in protest against medical school quota hike

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.

Feb 16, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

Trainee doctors plan to resign en masse in protest against medical school quota hike

Doctors warn of drastic action if gov't continues to threaten trainees

Health ministry orders hospitals to ban mass leave as trainee doctors threaten collective resignations

The health ministry on Friday ordered 221 training hospitals to ban mass leave and maintain essential medical personnel, as trainee doctors decided to submit their letters of collective resignations in protest of a plan to boost the number of medical students.

Feb 16, 2024

Health ministry orders hospitals to ban mass leave as trainee doctors threaten collective resignations

Trainee doctors of 5 major hospitals to submit resignations en masse by Monday

Doctors, medical students step up protests against med school quota hike

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.

Feb 15, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

Doctors, medical students step up protests against med school quota hike

Doctors' group vows to stop government's plan for med school quota hike

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.

Feb 14, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

Doctors' group vows to stop government's plan for med school quota hike

Gov't renews call for restraint over med school quota hike, while doctors vow to block

The health ministry on Wednesday renewed its call for trainee doctors to avert collective action in protest of a plan to boost seats at medical schools, while a major business lobby of doctors vowed to block the plan "at any cost."

Feb 14, 2024

Gov't renews call for restraint over med school quota hike, while doctors vow to block

Gov't urges trainee doctors to refrain from staging walkout

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