South Korea is poised to start suspending the licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors as a punitive measure against their weekslong walkouts that have shaken hospital operations. The government says it will start informing the striking medical interns and residents next week of its final decision to suspend their licenses.
Members of the Gyeonggi Province Medical Association stage a rally against the government’s medical policy near the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. South Korea’s government criticized senior doctors at a major hospital Tuesday for threatening to resign in support of the weekslong walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital operations. The banners read “Stop President Yoon Suk Yeol government’s medical policy.
Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo said Tuesday the government is expected to finish those administrative steps for some of the strikers next week and that it will send them final government notices about their impending license suspensions.Montenegro court confirms mogul known as ‘cryptocurrency king’ to be extradited to South KoreaEach notice would contain details including when a license suspension will take effect and how long it will last. By law, they must be delivered in person or by mail.
Further complicating the situation, senior doctors at major university hospitals — where most of the striking doctors trained — are threatening to submit resignations en masse early next week. They plan to continue their work for the time being, but if they walk off the job like the junior doctors, that would cause a much bigger strain on South Korea’s medical services, observers say.
The government says it needs to add up to 10,000 doctors by 2035 because the country has one of the world’s fastest-aging populations and its doctors-to-population ratio is among the lowest among advanced economies. Officials say more doctors are needed to address a long-running shortage of physicians in low-paying but key essential professions like pediatrics and emergency departments.
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