South Korea's health crisis shows no signs of ending

Polls show that South Koreans are particularly concerned about resolving the current health care crisis. Many South Korean voters, when asked, said they want the country’s health care crisis to end soon, as many patients are in dire need of doctors.

Nearly 100% of Korean resident doctors quit their jobs.

The medical crisis in South Korea has entered its 47th day and shows no signs of abating. Two days ago, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol held his first meeting with representatives of the Association of Intern Physicians in an effort to find common ground to ease the medical tensions. However, the meeting did not seem to produce the results that both sides wanted. In a statement released after the meeting, the South Korean medical community said that the historic dialogue they had been waiting for had reached a dead end. Meanwhile, in a message on social media, the South Korean President implied that the meeting did not achieve the results that the interns expected, so the tensions could continue.

“If doctors come up with more reasonable and correct solutions, we can discuss as much as we want. Government policy is always open. If they come up with better opinions and rational grounds, government policy can change for the better,” the South Korean president said in a statement.

Since February 19, thousands of residents, interns, and medical professors in South Korea have been on strike and quit their jobs to protest the Korean government's proposal to increase enrollment quotas for medical schools. According to the roadmap, the government plans to increase enrollment quotas by 2,000 students in the 2025 school year and by 10,000 in 2035. So far, South Korean officials have stated that they are still determined to increase enrollment quotas. According to the government's explanation, increasing enrollment quotas for medical schools is to address the shortage of doctors in rural areas and the shortage of doctors in essential medical fields such as pediatrics and neurosurgery, as well as to address the aging population.

The above developments took place in the context of South Korea holding a general election to elect the 22nd National Assembly on April 10. Resolving the conflict is of special significance because this is an essential issue affecting the lives of many people, which could affect the outcome of the election.

According to VOV

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