- Thousands of South Korean doctors are striking in protest against the government’s health care reform plans.
- The government aims to increase medical school admissions by 2,000 annually to tackle a doctor shortage.
- Doctors demand prioritization of better pay and working conditions over increasing the number of medical students.
- About 20,000 doctors gathered near Parliament in Seoul for the protest.
- Approximately 4% of the 36,000 private clinics closed to join the protest.
- More than half of the medical professors at Seoul National University Hospitals began an indefinite strike, with other university-affiliated hospitals expected to join.
- The strike, now in its fourth month, began with trainee doctors opposing the increase in medical student admissions planned for 2025.
- Doctors argue that increasing the number of physicians does not adequately support essential medical sectors.
- Nearly eight in 10 South Koreans oppose the doctor’s strike, concerned it will interrupt medical services.
- South Korea has one of the lowest ratios of doctors per capita among developed countries and has not increased medical student numbers in over two decades.
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