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.
More than 590 resident doctors who left their hospitals in protest of the government’s medical school quota expansion have returned, the Health Ministry said Friday, without providing the names of the hospitals, citing the possibility of future disadvantages from the medical circle. Currently, a little more than 590 out of 9,900 resident doctors, or six percent of the total, have returned to their training hosp.
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The government and doctors are in a fierce standoff over two pivotal questions: whether the country is experiencing a shortage of doctors, and whether the government s decision to increase the annual enrollment quota at medical schools by 2,000 slots next year is justified.