Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Tuesday that the government will extend its financial support for emergency care services by another month, as massive walkouts by junior doctors have disrupted health services at major hospitals for nearly three months.
Some trainee doctors have returned to their worksites, a senior health ministry official said Friday, amid prolonged walkouts by medical interns and residents against the government s plan to boost the number of medical students.
Two major general hospitals in Seoul were set to suspend outpatient clinics and surgeries Tuesday, as their senior doctors began taking a weekly day off amid a protracted walkout by junior doctors in protest of the government s medical reform.
The ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Tuesday urged the medical community to come forward for dialogue to end a prolonged walkout by junior doctors, a day after opposition leader Lee Jae-myung pledged active cooperation on President Yoon Suk Yeol s medical reform push.