SEOUL: South Korea's parliament passed a Bill on Wednesday (Aug 28) that allows nurses to perform some medical procedures normally conducted by doctors as the healthcare workers called for greater legal protection amid a prolonged doctors' strike.
Doctors strike and shout slogans during a rally to protest against government plans to increase medical school admissions and healthcare reform in Seoul, South Korea, on Jun 18, 2024. SEOUL: South Korea's parliament passed a Bill on Wednesday that allows nurses to perform some medical procedures normally conducted by doctors as the healthcare workers called for greater legal protection amid a prolonged doctors' strike.
A recent surge in COVID-19 cases has also threatened to saturate hospitals, prompting rival parties to seek a compromise this week. "Today's passage opened the path to establish a nursing care system and realise universal health coverage, while laying the foundation for the state's responsibility to train, dispatch and secure outstanding nursing personnel," the group said in a statement.
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