According to government officials, the government is set to announce its own measures on junior doctors who have left their workplaces since late February.
Health Minister Cho Kyu-hong had previously promised to introduce such measures as early as July, as hospitals need to prepare to recruit new junior doctors, who will begin training in September, Yonhap news agency reported. do.
The government has decided to stop the suspension of medical licenses of those returning to work for the time being.
As of Thursday, 1,104 junior doctors, or 8 percent of the 13,756 trainee doctors, were on duty in the country's 211 training hospitals, according to government data.
Trainee doctors have been on strike for almost five months to protest against an increase in medical student intake, the first such increase in 27 years, which was finalized in May.
The government initially instructed hospitals not to accept resignations from trainee doctors to prevent them from taking other jobs, but reversed this order in late June to normalize operations.
As the long walkout by trainee doctors shows no signs of ending, medical professors, who also work as senior doctors in general hospitals, have initiated walkouts and other forms of protests.
Health Minister Cho Kyu-hong had previously promised to introduce such measures as early as July, as hospitals need to prepare to recruit new junior doctors, who will begin training in September, Yonhap news agency reported. do.
The government has decided to stop the suspension of medical licenses of those returning to work for the time being.
As of Thursday, 1,104 junior doctors, or 8 percent of the 13,756 trainee doctors, were on duty in the country's 211 training hospitals, according to government data.
Trainee doctors have been on strike for almost five months to protest against an increase in medical student intake, the first such increase in 27 years, which was finalized in May.
The government initially instructed hospitals not to accept resignations from trainee doctors to prevent them from taking other jobs, but reversed this order in late June to normalize operations.
As the long walkout by trainee doctors shows no signs of ending, medical professors, who also work as senior doctors in general hospitals, have initiated walkouts and other forms of protests.
