SEOUL, South Korea—South Korean authorities will suspend the licenses of two senior doctors for allegedly inciting the weekslong walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital operations, one of the doctors said Monday.
Doctors stage a rally against the government’s medical policy in Seoul, South Korea on March 3, 2024. South Korean authorities have suspended the licenses of two senior doctors for allegedly inciting the weekslong walkouts by medical interns and residents that disrupted hospital operations across the country. That’s according to one of the doctors who spoke to The Associated Press.
In early March, the government began taking steps to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors after they refused its orders to return to work by the end of February. Police are separately investigating five senior members of the Korean Medical Association, which represents doctors in South Korea, for allegedly inciting and abetting the strikes.
“My fellow doctors and I are really angered and appalled by the government’s measure,” Park told The Associated Press. The striking junior doctors account for less than 10 percent of South Korea’s 140,000 doctors. But in some major hospitals, they represent about 30 percent-40 percent of the doctors, assisting senior doctors during surgeries and dealing with inpatients while training.
In a briefing earlier Monday, Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo urged senior doctors to cancel their plans and persuade the striking junior doctors to return to work.In early February, the government said it would increase the country’s medical school enrollment quota by 2,000 starting next year, from the current cap of 3,058 that has been unchanged since 2006.
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