South Korea will send its military and community doctors to hospitals within the next few days as part of emergency measures to support the healthcare system after a mass walkout by trainee doctors, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on Wednesday (Feb 28).
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00:00 "To address staffing shortages caused by a trainee doctor walkout, South Korea will send
00:07 military and community doctors to hospitals," said Prime Minister Han Deok-su.
00:12 "We will first deploy 150 public servants and 20 military personnel who have received
00:17 training in the field of emergency medical care and will deploy additional 20 military
00:35 personnel in March."
00:36 During a Wednesday government meeting, Han urged striking doctors to return to work by
00:37 a government-set Thursday deadline, promising that authorities would address their concerns.
00:39 "I would like to say to all the medical personnel, please come back by tomorrow and
00:45 take care of the patients who are waiting for you."
00:51 Two-thirds of the nation's resident and intern doctors walked off the job to protest
00:55 a government plan to expand medical school enrollment.
00:59 The government aims to address a perceived shortage of doctors.
01:03 Meanwhile, Interior and Safety Minister Lee Sang-min visited a public medical center to
01:09 encourage workers and inspect emergency health care services.
01:13 The government has warned that it could suspend the licenses of doctors who refuse to comply
01:17 with the back-to-work order and could pursue prosecution.
01:20 "We will first deploy 150 public servants and 20 military personnel who have received
01:21 training in the field of emergency medical care and will deploy additional 20 military
01:22 personnel in March."
01:22 The government has warned that it could suspend the licenses of doctors who refuse to comply
01:23 with the back-to-work order and could pursue prosecution.
01:23 "We will first deploy 150 public servants and 20 military personnel who have received
01:24 training in the field of emergency medical care and will deploy additional 20 military
01:25 personnel in March."
01:25 "We will first deploy 150 public servants and 20 military personnel who have received
01:26 training in the field of emergency medical care and will deploy additional 20 military
01:27 personnel in March."
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