Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo, who has spearheaded the Yoon Suk Yeol administration s efforts to boost the admissions quota of medical schools, has emerged as the primary adversary of doctors. He is being cited as a major obstacle hindering dialogue between the government and the doctors community to resolve the ongoing health care standoff.
The government on Monday began deploying 158 military and public health doctors to hospitals affected by a nationwide walkout staged by thousands of trainee doctors, in a bid to make up for the shortage of medical staff and minimize disruptions to medical services.
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Pharmacists are raising concerns over the possibility of drug deliveries being fully allowed in the country, after President Yoon Suk Yeol expressed regret over the prohibition of the delivery system under the current pilot telemedicine program and signaled his willingness to improve relevant services.
Forty medical schools in Korea want the annual medical school enrollment quota to increase by nearly 3,000 in 2025 from the current 3,058 and by nearly 4,000 by 2030, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Tuesday, suggesting a justification for its move to raise the quota despite opposition from doctors.