Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday the government ordered community doctors to keep providing medical treatment and report to authorities when they close their businesses, after the doctors voted to stage a strike in protest of the government's medical reform. Cho issued the order a day after the Korean Medical Association, the largest lobby group of community doctors, voted in favor of taking one day off.
A leave of absence for medical school students is being extended over three months, as the Ministry of Education on Thursday confirmed the first increase in medical school enrollments in 27 years.
An appellate court s decision last week strongly advanced the government s plan to increase the number of doctors by rejecting an injunction aimed at halting the expansion of the medical school enrollment quota.
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