South Korea is suffering from a shortage of pediatricians, partly a result of the world’s lowest birth rate and increasingly a factor behind it, leaving hospitals unable to fill posts and raising risks for children’s health, doctors say. | Reuters
According to ministry data, hospitals were only able to secure the services of 16.3% of the pediatricians they sought in the first half of this year, down from 97.4% in 2013.One recent morning, the waiting room at a hospital in Seoul’s outskirts was packed with dozens of children, many on intravenous drips.
“Patients dying while bouncing around multiple emergency rooms, dying when it’s not a serious disease, it’s a travesty,” said Dr Choi Yong-jae, vice president of the Korea Children’s Hospital Association.Doctors say the low fee problem is particular to pediatrics as the insurance system hasn’t been revised to reflect fewer child patients. When more babies were growing up, pediatricians could sustain a low price, high volume model but that doesn’t apply now.
“We understand that there are opinions from doctors saying it is not enough to cope with difficulties in the field. The government plans to steadily implement and continue to supplement the announced measures,” it said.
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