Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday the government will not hold discussions on potentially scrapping a plan to boost medical school admissions, renewing a pledge to accomplish medical reform despite a fierce protest by doctors. About 12,000 trainee doctors have left their worksites since Feb. 20 in the walkout against the government's push to hike the annual enrollment of medical students by 2,000, forcin.
Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday the government will not hold discussions on potentially scrapping a plan to boost medical school admissions, renewing a pledge to accomplish medical reform despite a fierce protest by doctors.
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The government s latest decision to permit universities to reduce their medical school enrollment quotas for the 2025 academic year - a significant concession that could potentially reduce the total slots by hundreds from 2,000 - is still short of bringing striking doctors back to work.
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