South Korea orders some doctors who walked off job back to work
Saturday, 2 March 2024 South Korea's government issued a public order late Friday requiring 13 doctors, at least some of whom have been vocal about a walkout by approximately 9,000 physicians over a health-care reform plan, to return to work or face penalties. Doctors are planning a mass demonstration on Sunday to protest the government's plan to increase medical school admissions by 2,000.
South Korea deploys military and public health personnel to assist hospitals amid a strike by nearly 12,000 trainee doctors over government plans to increase medical school admissions. Despite warnings..