The medical school quota for the next year will be increased to a maximum of 1,509 additional spaces, as 31 out of 32 medical schools that plan to expand, have confirmed their recruitment figures Thursday.
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.
Korea s health ministry on Wednesday expressed regret over medical professors decision to take a weekly day off starting next week and urged them to engage in dialogue rather than.
A special presidential committee for medical reform the Yoon Suk Yeol administration created to discuss policy, finds itself in trouble even before its official launch on Thursday, as doctors — one of the most important stakeholders — have vowed to boycott the committee.
The head of a group representing trainee doctors, who have left worksites in protest of the government s policy of medical reform, said Thursday that he was scheduled to meet with .