SEOUL — South Korea said on May 30 its medical schools will accept almost 1,500 additional students in 2025, pressing ahead with an admissions hike that has caused trainee doctors across the country to go on strike.
Doctors take part in a rally to protest against government plans to increase medical school admissions in Seoul.
Groups representing doctors counter that the hike will lower the quality of education and that the move will not motivate doctors to work in remote areas or less popular fields of practise.The vast majority of trainee doctors — estimated to number around 13,000 — have been on strike since late February, with the strain on the healthcare system resulting in hospitals turning away some patients and cutting back on non-emergency surgeries.
The Korean Medical Association, which represents private practitioners, said it would stage protests in multiple cities on May 30 to raise awareness of the risks posed by the admissions hike.
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