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
Public medical centers located outside of Seoul are suffering serious shortages of medical professionals due mainly to the lower pay and educational standards experienced further out from the city. According to documents submitted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to Rep. Suh Jung-sook of the ruling People Power Party, 24 out of 35 regional medical centers have failed to meet the necessary quota for doctors as of January this year.
Researchers demonstrated clinical features and infectivity of the currently dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern Omicron, compared to Delta, the previously dominant VOC.
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