A presidential committee to discuss the government s medical system reform drive was launched on Thursday, but got off to a shaky start as doctors, key stakeholders in the talks, boycotted the meeting to protest President Yoon Suk Yeol s plan to increase the enrollment quota at Korea s medical schools.
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.