Soth Korea doctor's strike

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Soth Korea doctor’s strike. Sit Dolor Amet. abstract image.

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[Audio] Medical professors in South Korea have said they will reduce the hours they spend in practice, while some say they plan to resign, in a widening of a doctors strike in the country. The move will begin on Monday in support of trainee doctors who have been on strike for more than a month over a government plan to boost medical school admissions. The president of the Medical Professors Association of Korea, Kim Chang-soo, said professors will start scaling back outpatient treatment to focus on emergency and severely ill patients, while others will submit their resignations..

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[Audio] South Korea's government has also threatened to suspend the licences of the doctors who have walked off their jobs, but on Sunday Yoon appeared to seek a more conciliatory approach and urged prime minister Han Duck-soo to seek "flexible measures" in dealing with the suspension..