SEOUL: A group of South Korean senior doctors said Saturday (Mar 16) that they would resign starting Mar 25 in support of junior medics in a nearly month-long
Doctors chant slogans during a rally to protest against government plans to increase medical school admissions in Seoul, South Korea on Mar 3, 2024.
Crucial surgeries and treatments have been cancelled, but the government says the country has so far avoided a full-blown crisis thanks in part to nurses and senior doctors stepping up, as well as military medics who have been sent in to help. But"we have reached a consensus that until the resignation is finalised, each individual should do their best in the treatment of patients in their respective positions, just as they have done so far", he added.
Seoul is pushing to admit 2,000 more students to medical schools annually from next year to address what it says is one of the lowest doctor-to-population ratios among developed nations. "If the current situation continues, it won't be long before university hospitals collapse, dealing a significant and long-lasting blow to our country's medical system," he added.
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