Thousands of doctors in training stopped working in February to protest government plans to increase medical school quotas, which they say will affect the quality of specialist education.The strike has caused disruptions in hospitals and forced delays or cancellations of key treatments, including chemotherapy.
Members of South Korean patient advocacy groups hold up placards reading 'Normalization of medical services' during a rally against doctors' strike in the South’s capital Seoul, on July 4, 2024. AFP PHOTOOn Thursday, about 300 protesters gathered in the capital Seoul to call for the strike to end, and for laws to prevent further industrial action.'e could no longer bear the continuing damage and anxiety,' a statement by the organizers said.