By Hyung-Jin Kim | The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea—South Korea’s government will take final steps to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors next week as they refuse to end their weekslong walkouts that have burdened the country’s medical services, officials said Thursday.
FILE – South Korean Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo speaks during a briefing at the government complex in Sejong, South Korea, Monday, March 4, 2024. South Korea’s government said Thursday, March 21, it will start suspending the licenses of striking junior doctors next week.Vice Health Minister Park made the comments during a briefing as he repeated demands for the doctors to return to work immediately.
The government has been taking a series of administrative steps required to suspend their licenses after they missed a government-set, Feb. 29 deadline to return to work. The steps include sending officials to formally confirm the absences of strikers, informing them of possible license suspensions and giving them chances to respond.
He urged the striking doctors to return to work immediately, suggesting those who end their strikes could receive softer punishments. Senior doctors at major university hospitals recently decided to submit resignations next week in support of the junior doctors. Still, most of them will likely continue to report to work. If they walk off the job, that would hurt South Korea’s medical services severely.
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