The South Korean government is warning the junior doctors on strike that they will be arrested and their medical licenses revoked if they do not stop the strike today (29) and report for duty.
It is said that since last week, about 75% of the country’s junior doctors have been on strike without reporting to work.
As a result, it is said that many hospitals have stopped treatment and surgeries.
These practicing doctors had started a strike to protest against the recruitment of more students for medical colleges.
The government hopes to increase the number of doctors in the country.
South Korea has the lowest doctor-patient ratio among developed countries in the world. That is, the number of patients covered by one doctor is very high.
Against the background of the country’s rapidly increasing elderly population, the government warns that there may be a shortage of necessary doctors in the next decade.