Thousands of medics stopped working on February 20 to protest government plans to train more doctors, causing chaos in hospitals.
Medical workers walk across a pedestrian crossing outside a hospital in Seoul on March 11, 2024. – A Seoul court on May 16 rejected a request by doctors and medical students to stop a government plan to increase medical school quotas, as a months-long strike by junior medics drags on. court on Thursday rejected a request by doctors and medical students to stop a government plan to increase medical school quotas, as a months-long strike by junior medics drags on.
While the court acknowledged that medical students — unlike trainee doctors or professors — are eligible to make the request, it said that the increase in the medical school quota was a “critical foundation for the recovery of essential and regional medical care.” Prime Minister Han Duck-soo thanked the court for its “wise” ruling, which he said enabled the government to overcome a “major hurdle” in pursuing the reform.
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