Korea’s medical sector faces a colossal crisis after the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union threatened to launch a general strike on Thursday following the collective walkout by trainee doctors.
Korea’s medical sector faces a colossal crisis after the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union — which represents nurses, physician assistants and medical technicians — threatened to launch a general strike on Thursday following the collective walkout by trainee doctors in protest of the government’s drastic decision to increase the medical school admissions quota over the next five years. [PARK YONG-SEOK]
