South Korea orders striking doctors to return to work as their walkouts burden hospital operations

A lot of work, little pay: More training places would not change the grievances, according to the students.

South Korea orders striking doctors back to work as emergency units turn away patients

South Korea’s government officially ordered thousands of striking doctors to get back to work immediately after the biggest hospitals across the country were forced to cancel operations and turn away patients who sought emergency care, on Wednesday (Feb 21).  South Korea’s warning South Korea officially ordered doctors and medical workers who have walked off the job over proposed reforms to get back to work, a step that could lead to legal puni

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South Korea orders striking doctors back to work

The South Korean government said a walkout by thousands of trainee doctors is not justifed. The striking doctors are angered by a government plan to recruit more medical students.

Operations cancelled as South Korea doctors’ strike grows

SEOUL, Feb 21 — Pregnant women had C-sections cancelled and cancer treatments were postponed today as the number of South Korean trainee doctors to walk off the job over proposed reforms swelled, officials and local reports said. More than 8,800 junior doctors — 71 per cent of the trainee workforce — have now quit, said Seoul’s Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo, part of a spiralling protest against government plans to sharply increase med…

Operations cancelled as South Korea doctors’ strike grows

Pregnant women had C-sections cancelled and cancer treatments were postponed Wednesday as the number of South Korean trainee doctors to walk off the job over proposed reforms swelled, officials and local reports said.