An overreliance on underpaid and overworked trainees, insufficient fostering of public medical center capabilities, and muddled divisions between the duties of doctors and nurses have all contributed to the current crisis
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South Korea s health crisis deepened Sunday as the effects of the collective actions against the medical enrollment quota hike spread to recent medical graduates and fellows, raising concerns over who will fill the vacancy in health care left by striking trainee doctors. According to medical communities, medical school graduates across the nation are considering taking action by giving up on their internships at teac.
Major hospitals across the country continued to experience disruptions Saturday as thousands of trainee doctors remained off their jobs for the fifth consecutive day in protest against the government s plan to raise the medical school enrollment quota. Nearly 100 general hospitals have canceled or postponed nonessential procedures and turned away non-emergency patients, prioritizing service for severe emergency cases.