A top government official recently said that professors at even private medical schools, let alone national ones, are subject to the National Civil Service Act, raising the possibility that the ongoing conflict between the government and the political community could turn into legal disputes."Vice M
The government has nominated Noh Yun-hong, head of the Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-Pharma Manufacturers Association (KPBMA), to chair the presidential Special Committee for Healthcare Reform.The special committee is composed of a civilian chairman, government members representing six cabinet minist
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
A new study is drawing attention by claiming that the types of intestinal microorganisms determine the severity of the autism spectrum.Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex disorder characterized by difficulties in social communication and interaction, repetitive behaviors, and digestive sympt
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
"I will humbly accept the people's will expressed in the parliamentary election and do my best to renew the state administration and stabilize the economy and people's livelihood."President Yoon Suk Yeol conveyed this message through his chief of staff in response to the general election results, wh
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
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 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
The Korean government said its funding to hospitals for surgeries on severely ill children will drastically increase.The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the "Pediatric Essential Medical Care Fee Plan" on Friday at a regular briefing of the Central Disaster and Safety Headquarters.Since last
The government said it could administratively prohibit resigned interns and residents from obtaining medical licenses in the U.S.On Friday, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said so at a regular briefing of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters to deal with junior physicians’
Amid mounting concerns about inadequate medical student education due to a drastic increase in their enrollment quota from 2025, government officials expressed an intention to obligate the sharing of cadavers for anatomy dissection among schools if supply fails to meet demand.Noting that a corpse ca
A cardiothoracic surgeon’s resignation letter has left a lingering impression on many people involved in the ongoing medical turmoil in Korea.Choi Se-hoon, an associate professor of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery at Asan Medical Center (AMC) in Seoul, has recently announced his resignation.In a
Interns and residents who resigned en masse to oppose the increase of medical school enrollment quota will likely face de facto license revocation if they fail to return to their hospitals and complete their training.The government, which does not allow resigned medical residents to work at other ho
The Korean government has requested drug distributors to prioritize the distribution of immunoglobulin products, utilized in treating immunodeficiency in pediatric and critically ill patients, to children's hospitals.Nam Hoo-hee, head of the Pharmaceutical Policy Division at the Ministry of Health a
The government has begun a full-scale financial injection to fill the vacancies left by interns and residents who resigned en masse to protest against the government’s increase in medical school enrollment quota.Starting in March, for instance, the government will pay a monthly subsidy of 18 million
The government has begun to operate an emergency operation center (EOC) to support the transfer of emergency patients among hospitals in response to trainee physicians’ massive walkouts.To deal with doctors’ collective action, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said it began operating the EOC, a tem
Korea’s state health insurance system recorded a surplus for three years in a row, with accumulated reserves reaching a record 28 trillion won ($21 billion).Both income and expense increased year-on-year, but income grew more significantly. After Covid-19, hospital-level medical institutions recover