Thousands of South Korean trainee doctors went on strike on Friday, protesting outside parliament against a government plan to boost the number of medical students in the country, arguing it would be a poor use of additional funding for the sector.
Medical residents attend a 24-hours strike amid the coronavirus disease pandemic to protest a government plan to increase medical school admissions by 400 a year for the next decade to prepare for potential infectious disease outbreaks, in Seoul, South Korea, August 7, 2020. Yonhap via REUTERS
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun had urged the intern and resident doctors to call off the 24-hour strike, which comes as South Korea battles smaller but persistent clusters of COVID-19 infections. KIRA had issued guidelines ahead of the gathering, barring any chanting or singing to avoid the spread of COVID-19.
Severance Hospital, one of the big five hospitals in Seoul, told Reuters other doctors would fill the gap created by a majority of its 400-odd trainees taking part in the strike. The country has fewer than 300 infectious disease specialists, representing less than 1% of its 100,000 doctors. And while Seoul has three doctors for every 1,000 people on average, the ratio in remote North Gyeongsang province, for example, falls to 1.4, said Health Minister Park Neung-hoo.The government plans to send three quarters of the additional trainees to rural provinces, in exchange for tuition waivers and scholarships.
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