SEOUL: South Korea on Wednesday (Mar 20) announced the allocation of 2,000 new medical school admissions slots nationwide every year, moving ahead with a reform plan to create more doctors despite a
Hospitals have been forced to cancel crucial treatments and surgeries since thousands of trainee doctors stopped working on Feb 20. SEOUL: South Korea on Wednesday announced the allocation of 2,000 new medical school admissions slots nationwide every year, moving ahead with a reform plan to create more doctors despite a
Seoul says it needs more new doctors to address one of the lowest doctor-to-population ratios among developed nations and to cope with the needs of an ageing population. More than 80 per cent of the new quota of students was allocated outside of the capital region"to set up competitive regional medical systems", Education Minister Lee Ju-ho said at a press briefing.In South Korea, medical school professors and physicians at several hospitals have joined striking junior doctors to protest against the government’s plan to increase medical school admissions.
Experts say that one of the South Korean medical system's biggest problems is the concentration of doctors in the Seoul metropolitan area, leading to access issues in rural areas.The Korean Medical Association, a representative body for doctors, criticised the allocation announcement, saying it would"burn the last bridge for compromise" leading to"catastrophic consequences".
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