The government will begin its telemedicine pilot program as planned from Thursday, mainly permitting the service for second-visit patients or regular patients of local clinics.
The government will begin its telemedicine pilot program as planned from Thursday, mainly permitting the service for second-visit patients or regular patients of local clinics.
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Fewer people are likely to receive non-face-to-face medical services, or telemedicine, starting next month. The government made the decision to narrow the telemedicine services currently available, Wednesday, allowing mainly second-visit or regular patients to benefit from its trial program.
Nurses across the country began their collective action, Wednesday, in protest against President Yoon Suk Yeol s veto of the opposition-led Nursing Act. The collective action, led by the Korean Nurses Association, began with physician assistant (PA) nurses rejecting “unlawful” orders made by doctors such as to perform certain parts of operations or prescribe medicine instead of doctors.