SEOUL — South Korea will use 10 trillion won (S$9.7 billion) in health insurance funds over three years to raise fees that doctors receive for treating severe illnesses, the Health Ministry said on Sept 27, as a walkout by young doctors strains the health system.
People waiting at the Incheon Medical Centre in Incheon, South Korea. Thousands of trainee doctors walked off the job in February to protest against plans to lift medical student numbers.SEOUL — South Korea will use 10 trillion won in health insurance funds over three years to raise fees that doctors receive for treating severe illnesses, the Health Ministry said on Sept 27, as a walkout by young doctors strains the health system.
Thousands of trainee doctors, including interns and resident doctors, walked off the job in February to protest against plans to lift medical student numbers by 2,000 a year to meet what the government projects will be a severe shortage of doctors. Since then, the government has made a series of attempts to reduce the pressures on the medical system due to the young doctors' walkout, including deploying military doctors to assist in hospital emergency rooms, and asking the public to refrain from visiting emergency rooms with non-severe symptoms.
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