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Doctors set to strike in protest over South Korean reform plan

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South Korean doctors oppose a plan to increase the number of new students entering medical schools by 2,000 from the current 3,000, a centrepiece of the government’s healthcare reform.

Thousands of trainee doctors, including medical interns and resident doctors, walked off the job in February/ Photo: AP archive

Association President Lim Hyun-taek said the government’s plan would destroy the country’s medical system and do nothing to change the chronic problems of fewer doctors working in essential disciplines and inadequate compensation. Thousands of trainee doctors, including medical interns and resident doctors, walked off the job on Feb. 20, forcing major hospitals to cut back non-emergency services and turn back patients at the emergency rooms.

 

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