Professor Bang Jae-seung, chairman of the emergency committee of the Seoul National University College of Medicine and Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) faculty council, will lay down both the chairmanship and professorship.Bang and three other medical professors who served on the emergency
Executives of the World Medical Association (WMA) executives directly answered questions from Korean medical students who said they wanted to change the dark reality of Korean healthcare.Former and current WMA executives participated in a panel discussion at the Korean Medical Association (KMA)'s Gl
Trainee doctors have filed a class action lawsuit against Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Kyoo-hong and Vice Minister Park Min-soo.The top two health officials were accused of abuse of authority and obstruction of the exercise of rights. The junior doctors claimed that "Korean medicine is dead" d
A patient with an aortic dissection who was transferred from Busan to Ulsan died a few days after surgery. The bereaved family filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC), claiming that the patient was not operated on in time due to the crippled operation of the eme
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
Doctors from 50 countries will visit Korea amid mounting concern over the increase in medical students and an essential care crisis, as the World Medical Association (WMA) holds its 226th Council meeting in Seoul from April 18 to 20.To commemorate the occasion, the Korean Medical Association (KMA) w
Students from 40 medical schools nationwide have set about to file a class action lawsuit against the government to prevent the government from increasing the medical school enrollment quota.The Korean Association of Medical Colleges and Medical Graduate Schools (KAMC) has begun recruiting participa
In 2022, 80.6 percent of nurses left hospitals after working less than five years in their current workplaces. Those who left after less than a year accounted for 43.4 percent. Among those who quit, 10.8 percent gave up their job for good, and 57.4 percent of new nurses quit within a year of their w
The decision on Korean medical school professors' application for an injunction to suspend execution and stop the government’s increase in the medical school enrollment quota will likely come as early as Friday. All parties involved in the ongoing medical turmoil are keenly watching to see if the co
Professors at 33 Korean medical schools have filed a lawsuit to cancel the government's plan to increase in medical school student quotas. The defendants are the minister of health and welfare and the minister of education.Representatives of the faculty councils of 33 medical schools nationwide said
President Yoon Suk Yeol visited Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) to promote medical simulation training.President Yoon stressed the need to improve the quality of medical education and training, focusing on national university hospitals and strengthening regional essential medical
Medical artificial intelligence (AI) is bringing new possibilities to diagnosing and predicting myopia, or nearsightedness.Some studies have shown that it can rival ophthalmologists in diagnosis, with some experts emphasizing the need for more aggressive and diverse attempts to deal with severe myop
Digital healthcare has been called the "inevitable future." However, there are also voices in the field that say it's "doctors' self-satisfaction" or "serving corporate interests."Critics say that all parties involved have only paid attention to its possibilities while neglecting to evaluate it prop
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) has expressed regret over reports that the government will increase the medical school enrollment quota by up to 3,000.On Sunday, Yonhap News Agency reported that the government would increase the number of medical school students "by 2,000 beyond a minimum of 1,
"My wife once asked me what I would do if today were the last day on Earth. I replied, ‘You can come here (to the hospital). Let’s stay here together.' She said she knew it."Professor Lee Byung-kook sat in the waiting room for physicians with a smile. This is the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the
The Association of Korean Medicine has called for the correct use of the name of traditional medicine practitioners.The association expressed concern that some media outlets may convey incorrect information by mistakenly calling Chinese medicine doctors or acupuncturists Korean medicine doctors.It i
Recently, the Cheongju Division of the Daejeon High Court awarded 800 million won ($597,000) in damages in a lawsuit against a university hospital.The reason was the negligence of its obstetrics and gynecology staff, who were late in taking measures to detach the placenta prematurely, causing brain
A doctor arrested for recklessly prescribing fentanyl, a narcotic painkiller, has been sentenced to a prison term. Another indicted doctor was also fined.The Seoul Central District Court sentenced a family medicine specialist in his 50s, initialed as A, to two years in prison and ordered him to pay
As the debate over legalizing tattoos and semi-permanent makeup has reached a stalemate, there is a growing call to prioritize the legalization of semi-permanent makeup.The medical community has taken a reserved stance, stating that they do not oppose it outright but with certain conditions.The Nati
A court has recognized a hospital's liability for the death of a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit due to the late discovery of an accident by medical staff.However, the court partially limited the liability by considering the condition of the deceased patient and the circumstances at the ti