Striking Indian doctors want demands met before returning to work
Kolkata, India Reuters Junior doctors in India’s state of West Bengal vowed on Tuesday to keep up a protest strike over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor unless their demands were met, flouting a Supreme Court deadline. Hundreds of doctors are demanding better security at hospitals and justice for the woman, found dead […]
Protests spread over Indian doctor’s rape and murder
Kolkata, India Reuters Some Indian junior doctors remained off the job on Sunday as they demanded swift justice for a colleague who was raped and murdered, despite the end of a strike called by a big doctors’ association, while some other people held street protests. Doctors across the country have held protests, candlelight marches and […]
South Korea orders doctors to return to work amid prolonged strike
Seoul, South Korea Reuters The South Korean Government issued a return-to-work order for doctors on Tuesday as more doctors including medical professors join the months-long strike to protest increasing medical school admissions. Around four per cent of some 36,000 private clinics have notified the government of plans to be closed on Tuesday to take part […]
Negotiator for South Korean walkout doctors sees ‘no future’ after Yoon meeting
Seoul, South Korea Reuters A much-heralded first meeting between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and a negotiator for young doctors who walked off the job in February appeared to have made little progress on Thursday after the latter expressed pessimism on social media. Yoon’s office said his first in-person talks lasted more than two […]
South Korea opens hotline to support doctors defying walkout
Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korea’s government opened a hotline for doctors on Tuesday that the health minister said was intended to support physicians who faced harassment or peer pressure if they chose not to join a mass walkout over healthcare reform plans. Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong defended the reforms, which include boosting the number […]
South Korea’s Yoon says won’t back down over medical reforms as doctors strike
Seoul, South Korea Reuters President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed on Tuesday to go ahead with a plan to increase the number of students admitted into medical schools to improve healthcare in South Korea, and said there was no justification for the protests this reform had triggered. More than 9,000 young doctors, or about two-thirds of […]