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SEOUL: Emergency departments at all but one of South Korea's biggest hospitals were on red alert on Thursday (Feb 22) as trainee doctors vowed to stay off the job in protest at government plans to increase medical school admissions to boost the healthcare sector. The protests by almost two-thirds of t

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SEOUL (Reuters) -     South Korea has raised its health alert as of Friday morning after thousands of doctors walked off the job this week to protest against a government plan to raise the number of medical school admissions, the health ministry said. Read full story

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South Korea hospitals on red alert as doctors ramp up protests

More than 8,400 doctors have joined the walkout so far, said South Korea's health ministry. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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South Korea health alert raised to ‘severe’ over doctors’ walkout

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval rating climbed to a three-month high as his tough stance on striking doctors gains support among voters frustrated with disruptions to the health-care system.

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Protests by junior doctors entered 4th day as gov’t mulls increasing number of medical seats - Anadolu Ajansı

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South Korea warns of ‘serious’ health crisis amid protests by medics

SEOUL, Feb 22 — The emergency departments at three of South Korea’s biggest hospitals were on red alert on Thursday as trainee doctors vowed to stay off the job in protest at government plans to increase medical school admissions to boost the healthcare sector. The protest by almost two-thirds of the country’s young doctors, which began this week, has forced hospitals to turn away patients and cancel procedures, raising fears about further disru…

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S.Korea doctors to keep up protests as hospitals turn patients away

Seoul’s biggest hospitals reduce surgeries by a third as trainee doctors continue strike over health reforms.

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Hospitals in South Korea cancel surgeries as doctors keep up protests

The health crisis alert is now at a 'severe' level, the highest in South Korea's healthcare system.

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South Korea warns health crisis to highest level amid wave of strikes

Emergency departments at all but one of South Korea's biggest hospitals were on red alert on Thursday as trainee doctors vowed to stay off the job in protest at government plans to increase medical school admissions to boost the healthcare sector.

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More than 8,000 doctors in South Korea have not reported for work since Tuesday. The strike is over a plan to increase the number of doctors in the country. South Korea has the fourth-lowest number of physicians per 1,000 people in the world. The government is trying to address the problem by activating more doctors.

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