SEOUL — South Korea will start deploying military physicians and doctors from public health centres to strike-hit hospitals on Monday (March 11) to help care for patients affected by the walkout of nearly 12,000 trainee doctors from 100 hospitals over government reform plans.
Medical workers walk at Severance Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Feb 21, 2024.SEOUL — South Korea will start deploying military physicians and doctors from public health centres to strike-hit hospitals on Monday to help care for patients affected by the walkout of nearly 12,000 trainee doctors from 100 hospitals over government reform plans.
The government has denied the walkout which started on Feb 20 has caused a full-blown health crisis but some hospitals have had to turn away patients and delay medical procedures. The health ministry said notices had been sent to more than 4,900 doctors as of Friday to instruct them that authorities could start suspending licences if they did not explain their action.
The government has said the plan to increase annual medical school admissions by 2,000 starting from 2025 is vital to remedy a shortage of doctors in one of the world's fastest-ageing societies.
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