South Korean doctors reject government proposal to end strike
21/4/2024 6:53
South Korea's leading doctors' body on Saturday (Apr 20) rejected a revised medical reform plan from the government, the initial version of which sparked a strike two months ago.
The ongoing walkout by thousands of trainee doctors has caused chaos in South Korean hospitals, and is in response to a plan to boost annual admissions to medical schools by 2,000 from next year.
The government on Friday offered its first concession, allowing 32 universities to admit as few as 1,000 medical students instead of the initially proposed 2,000, but the Korean Medical Association (KMA) said the plan must be abandoned entirely within a week.
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