SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Junior doctors in South Korea have four days to end their walkouts or they will have their medical licenses suspended and face prosecution, the government said Monday. There are about 13,000 medical interns and residents in South Korea, most of them working and training at 100 hospitals. The Korea Medical Association, which represents about 140,000 doctors, has said it supports the striking doctors but hasn’t determined whether to join the trainee doctors’ walkouts. Striking doctors have said they worry doctors faced with increased competition would engage in overtreatment, burdening public medical expenses. Critics suspect doctors, one of the best-paid professions in South Korea, oppose the recruitment plan because they worry they would face greater competition and lower incomes.

Source: Fox News February 26, 2024 11:35 UTC