South Korea says it will suspend the licenses of striking doctors starting next week
South Korea’s government says it will start suspending the licenses of striking junior doctors next week
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Your support makes all the difference.South Korea’s government says it will start suspending the licenses of striking junior doctors next week.
Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo made the comments during a briefing Thursday as he repeated demands for the doctors to return to work immediately.
More than 90% of the country’s 13,000 doctors-in-training have been on strike for about a month to protest the government’s plan to sharply increase medical school admissions.
Their strikes have caused hundreds of cancelled surgeries and other treatments at hospitals.