As negative sentiment continues to build toward the medical sector after junior doctors walked out of hospitals and training programs in protest of the government’s decision to increase the annual medical school enrollment quota, medical students said they would engage in community service while taking time off from their studies. An emergency response committee at Yonsei University College of Medicine on Monda.
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An overreliance on underpaid and overworked trainees, insufficient fostering of public medical center capabilities, and muddled divisions between the duties of doctors and nurses have all contributed to the current crisis
Walkouts staged by trainee doctors in protest at the government’s plan to increase the number of medical students are showing signs of spreading to all doctor groups, including medical school graduates and professors.