Prime Minister Han Duk-soo announced on Friday that the government would accept the request from six national university chiefs to reduce the targeted number of medical school student seats by up to 50 percent from the original 2,000.Consequently, the adjustment in medical school enrollment quotas w
The Covid-19 crisis level will be downgraded to the lowest,“attention,” of the four-tier crisis alert system next month, the government said.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Friday that t after two rounds of expert consultations in January and April, most experts assessed
The government said Thursday that it would consider including nurses as the beneficiaries of the Special Act on Handling Medical Accidents.Officials said there is no problem in including nurses in the targets of the law, citing that the draft bill, which was released in February, also stated that it
The Cancer Disease Review Committee (CDRC) of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) has once again deferred its decision on expanding coverage for Keytruda (pembrolizumab), as requested by MSD Korea.Nine agenda items – two new reimbursement cases and seven expanded reimbursement
After some doctors claimed that the government had not issued the Statement of Need for J-1 visas to those planning to train in U.S. hospitals, government officials said such claims were "factually incorrect."However, the medical community appears suspicious, with some saying that the government is
President Yoon Suk Yeol's announcement to push for increasing the medical school enrollment quota and healthcare reform, even after the crushing defeat in the 22nd general election, has left the medical community stunned.The government's adamant push makes it difficult for trainee doctors to return
Almost one year has passed since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the lifting of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), but is Korea building a long-term Covid-19 management system without a hitch?On May 5, 2023, the WHO declared that Covid-19 no longer constituted a
The share of workers with "five years or less" years of career in the healthcare service industry stood at 73.4 percent, higher than in other industries, a local report showed.In addition, the number of health industry workers 60 and older increased by 9.4 percent year-on-year, while the number of y
President Yoon Suk Yeol reiterated his stance to increase the medical school enrollment quota and push for healthcare reform in his first statement after the April 10 parliamentary elections.President Yoon made the announcement at a cabinet meeting broadcast live on Tuesday morning.Yoon's remarks at
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said on Tuesday that it banned foreign-made dietary supplements containing or made with prohibited ingredients that could cause side effects like impaired vision or arrhythmia. The regulator designated diphenhydramine, a type of antihistamine, and yellow oleander
A Seoul court has rejected a request for an enforcement halt of the medical license suspension filed by Kim Taek-woo, chairman of the emergency committee of the Korean Medical Association (KMA), a group of some 130,000 Korean physicians.As things stand now, Kim's license will be suspended from next
Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party secured a landslide victory in Wednesday's parliamentary election. As conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol and his ruling party are expected to face an uphill battle in the political scene, many now pay attention to whether there will be any change in the gov
Young physicians from overseas have voiced their support for the resignations and allied leave of absence by Korean trainee doctors and medical students protesting the medical school enrollment quota increase.They also called for the Korean government to stop administrative penalties for collective
The government said Monday that it would conduct an internal review of the Korean Medical Association (KMA)'s emergency committee's proposal to re-discuss increasing the number of medical students after a one-year moratorium.The government also said that although the enrollment quota has been alloca
As the government and the medical community debate the increase in medical school enrollment quota, it has been suggested that Korea should learn from Japan, which increased medical school students and operates a regional quota system to solve the problem of regional medical disparities ahead of Kor
Novartis' rare disease treatment Ilaris (canakinumab) has crossed the threshold of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA)'s Pharmaceutical Reimbursement Evaluation Committee (PREC), which reexamined its “conditional” approval application.At the same meeting, the panel also recogni
"To eliminate hepatitis C, countries must test a wider range of people for the disease. Even low-income countries like Rwanda in Africa are testing all adults for hepatitis C. We have heard that Korea is also considering including Hepatitis C testing in its national screening program. It is importan
In a moving display of unity and dedication, the Korea Blood Disease & Cancer Association (KBDCA) and the Korean Multiple Myeloma Working Party (KMMWP), under the Korean Society of Hematology, concluded a ceremony to celebrate the 9th World Myeloma Awareness Month.KBDCA is a non-profit organization
As part of the emergency medical care system to cope with doctors' collective action, the government will expand non-face-to-face medical treatment implemented by all types of medical institutions to public health centers and their branch offices.The government said so at Wednesday's regular briefin
To increase the options for hospice and life-sustaining treatment users, the government pushes to expand the target diseases and the timing to suspend end-of-life care that has been limited to patients’ dying days.The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday that it has finalized the "Second Comp