Two major general hospitals in Seoul were set to suspend outpatient clinics and surgeries Tuesday, as their senior doctors began taking a weekly day off amid a protracted walkout by junior doctors in protest of the government s medical reform.
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Hospital services in South Korea are facing disruption as interns and residents plan to walk out this week in protest against the government’s decision to raise the medical school enrollment quota by more than 60 percent. A group of trainee doctors at Seoul’s “Big Five” hospitals have decided to resign en masse by Monday and stop working at 6 a.m. Tuesday. The Big Five hospitals are Seoul Nati.
The Korean government on Sunday issued a public plea urging doctors to abstain from joint action that could disrupt nationwide medical services. The statement comes as interns and residents prepare to stage a walkout this week in protest against the government’s decision to increase medical school enrollment quotas by over 60 percent. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo urged junior doctors to reconsider taking their g.