A mass resignation of trainee doctors in South Korea

( ) -q-22- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “other problems first.”

Trainee doctors in South Korea have begun resigning en masse in protest of a government plan to increase the number of medical students.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. South Korea’s Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo expressed “deep worries” over the trainee doctors’ action. He said the government ordered them to continue working.

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VERBATIM: The doctors’ action reportedly caused delays in surgeries and other treatments at hospitals, but no major disruptions occured. South Korean Health authorities say it’s urgent to have more doctors considering the country’s fast-aging population. But doctors say the government must use available resources to raise medical fees and resolve other problems first.