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South Korea to initiate legal action against protesting doctors
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According to South Korea's health minister, since Monday, the authorities there have started inspecting hospitals to take legal action against trainee doctors who ignore the ultimatum given by the government.
Since February 20, around 9,000 resident and intern doctors across the country have gone on strike, and treatment services including surgery have been canceled in hospitals, and pressure has increased on emergency departments. The government had warned the protesting trainee doctors of administrative and legal action, including suspension of medical licenses and fines or imprisonment, if they did not return to work by the end of last month.
'Starting today, we plan to conduct inspections to identify trainee doctors who have not returned, and will take legal action without exception,' Health Minister Cho Kyo-hong said in a televised briefing. May have to face .' Deputy Health Minister Park Min-soo said the government is preparing to take steps to suspend the medical licenses of about 7,000 trainee doctors who have left their jobs.
So far, both sides have not shown signs of backing down. Thousands of South Korean doctors took part in a mass rally organized by the Korean Medical Association on Sunday, defying an official call for trainee doctors to return to work.
The KMA, which represents private doctors, issued a press release on Monday apologizing for the inconvenience caused by the walkout, and asked the government to reconsider its decision. The World Medical Association issued a statement on Sunday strongly condemning the actions of the Korean government in trying to suppress the voice of the elected officials of the Korean Medical Association. They also said that they support the doctors' strike.
According to the government, the society there is rapidly moving towards a situation where the number of old people will be high and in order to address this situation, a large number of doctors will be needed in the future . For which the government It plans to increase the number of students enrolled in the medical school by 2,000 from the 2025 academic year . Among the world's developed economies, South Korea has the lowest ratio of 2.6 doctors per 1,000.
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