South Korea will deploy military physicians and doctors from public health centres to hospitals affected by the walkout of trainee doctors. The government denies a health crisis, but some hospitals have faced difficulties.
South Korea will start deploying military physicians and doctors from public health centres to strike-hit hospitals on March 11 to help care for patients affected by the walkout of nearly 12,000 trainee doctors from 100 hospitals over government reform plans . Twenty military surgeons, along with 138 public health doctors, will be assigned to 20 hospitals for four weeks.
The government has denied that the walkout has caused a full-blown health crisis, but some hospitals have had to turn away patients and delay medical procedures
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