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As the medical void prolongs in South Korea with doctors continuing their walkout against the government’s medical school expansion plan since February, the number of major general hospitals struggling financially is on the rise. Kyung Hee University Medical Center, which operates seven hospitals including two affiliated Kyung Hee University Hospitals, is considering suspending salary payments and implementing .
Those seeking care at emergency rooms are being redirected to smaller general hospitals and local medical centers, many of which are ill-equipped to perform the types of treatments suddenly required of them
Those seeking care at emergency rooms are being redirected to smaller general hospitals and local medical centers, many of which are ill-equipped to perform the types of treatments suddenly required of them