SEOUL, March 4 (Reuters) - South Korea’s health minister said on Monday authorities will start inspecting hospitals in order to take legal action against trainee doctors who have ignored an ultimatum to end a walkout over government plans to increase medical school admissions.
Around 9,000 resident and intern doctors, or about 70% of the country’s total, have walked off the job since Feb. 20, leading to the cancellation of some surgeries and treatments and putting a strain on emergency departments.
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We need more people to become doctors. What if we publicly and aggressively punish the current doctors in training who are protesting?
Read the article. It’s bad pay and poor working conditions that is causing the strike. There’s every chance that the PM is making this a big deal because there is an upcoming election.
The ones who are protesting there be more doctors?
It’s a bold strategy, cotton.
