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Photo ID to become mandatory at hospitals for insurance benefits : Patients who want to receive national health insurance benefits at medical institutes will be ...
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Presidential medical reform committee left incomplete amid doctors’ boycott: A special presidential committee for medical reform the Yoon Suk Yeol administration ...
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Yoon's med school quota hike plan at crossroads following ruling party's election defeat
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Taiwan thanks Thai government for NT$1 million quake relief donation - Focus Taiwan
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2nd vice health minister emerges as biggest adversary of doctors: Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo, who has spearheaded the Yoon Suk Yeol ...
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New chief of doctors' group expected to step up protest against gov't : Protests by the doctors’ community against the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s ...
koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/03/119_371539.html
Nearly 30% of South Korean students overweight, with more binge drinking than before
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More women than men think about taking own lives: health ministry report : More women than men think about suicide and actually attempt to take their own lives ...
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Korea seeks to halve HIV infections by 2030 : Health authorities in Korea have formulated countermeasures against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections ...
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Government-doctor conflict to face biggest challenge this week : The protracted conflict between the government and doctors over the medical school quota hike ...
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Quick Glance: Protests in South Korea: Doctors Resign in Solidarity
- Senior doctors at numerous hospitals in South Korea planned to submit their resignations as a show of support for medical interns and residents who have been on strike for five weeks due to the government's drastic increase in medical school admissions.
- The decision by senior doctors is unlikely to immediately worsen hospital operations in South Korea, given their commitment to continue working even after submitting their resignations.
- Approximately 12,000 interns and medical residents are facing potential license suspensions for persisting with their strikes, resulting in numerous canceled surgeries and treatments at their hospitals.
- The government emphasizes the urgent need for more doctors due to South Korea's rapidly aging population and the low doctor-to-population ratio, while doctors express concerns that the planned increase in admissions may lead to excessive competition and unnecessary treatments.
Disruptions to medical services feared to worsen: Patients could face more significant disruptions to medical services as the government and doctors continue to ...
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Quick Glance: Thousands rally in South Korea amid healthcare crisis
- Thousands of South Korean doctors protested in Seoul against the government in an escalating conflict over medical training reforms, leading to junior doctors quitting en masse and hospitals being plunged into chaos.
- Around 10,000 junior doctors stopped working nearly two weeks ago to oppose increases in medical school admissions meant to address doctor shortages and an aging society next year.
- The government issued a deadline for the striking professionals to return to work by Feb 29, threatening legal action including arrests or medical license suspensions.
- The mass work stoppage has severely impacted hospitals, with critical treatments and surgeries being cancelled, prompting the government to elevate its public health alert to the highest level.
South Korean doctors continue walkout as global body weighs in: South Korean trainee doctors continued their walkout Saturday with little sign of them returning ...
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Quick Glance: Government Takes Action Against Striking Doctors
- A large number of doctors are returning to work; more expected to come back
- The Ministry of Health and Welfare issued an ultimatum for striking doctors
- Government aims to increase medical student enrollment to address doctor shortage
- Government unveils plan to augment professors at national medical schools
Junior doctors' strike expands in show of solidarity against gov’t plan: Walkouts staged by trainee doctors in protest at the government’s plan to increase ...
koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/02/119_369448.html
Quick Glance: Current Status of Doctors' Strike in South Korea
- For over a week, thousands of doctors in South Korea have been on strike, yet a resolution to their dispute with the government remains elusive.
- The conflict originated from the government's proposal in February to increase student admissions to medical schools in order to combat the long-standing physician shortage in South Korea.
- Despite the doctors' opposition and the backing of their senior colleagues, the government persisted with its plan, resulting in a surge of resignations among trainee doctors.
South Korea needs more doctors. A massive strike shows it won’t be easy.: Surgeries are delayed as residents and interns protest a plan to increase medical ...
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Quick Glance: South Korea sets Deadline for Doctors to Return
- South Korean doctors protest government policies
- Government issues ultimatum for doctors to return by end of February
- Protest leads to patient rejections and procedure cancellations
- Government plans to increase new medical students and improve medical services
South Korean Hospitals See Strains as Doctors Widen Walkout: More than 60% of South Korean trainee doctors have not reported for work in a protest that has ...
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Quick Glance: South Korean Doctors Protest Physician Increase
- Image caption: Doctors rallied in Seoul against government plans to increase the number of physicians.
- South Korea's low doctor-per-patient ratio prompts government to expand medical school placements.
- Highly privatized healthcare system in South Korea with majority procedures linked to insurance payments and over 90% private hospitals.
- Prof. Soonman Kwon states more doctors mean more competition, reduced income, explaining opposition to physician supply increase proposal.
Gov't issues trainee doctors ultimatum to return to hospitals by Thursday : Cases of patient damage are piling up, with an elderly woman dying of cardiac ...
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) Monday joined with the Diaspora in condemning recently reported racist, sexist and violent remarks about UK Member ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/03/26/ministry-condemns-reported-racist-remarks-contractor/
Opposition Spokesman on Health and Wellness, Dr Alfred Dawes is urging the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) to provide transparency regarding its ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/03/25/opposition-calls-mohw-clarify-contract-details-phoenix-partnership/
Gov't to deploy 'all means' to cope with looming walkout by doctors over hike in med school enrollment quota
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Chaos at hospitals : The mounting tumult in hospitals across the nation is indicating a worsening situation, as more and more trainee doctors are joining ...
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness has joined with the diaspora in condemning recently reported racist, sexist and violent remarks about Jamaican and United ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240325/health-ministry-condemns-reported-racist-remarks-about-uk-mp-contractor #GLNRToday
Opposition calls on MOHW to clarify contract details with The Phoenix Partnership
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Health ministry orders hospitals to ban mass leave as trainee doctors threaten collective resignations
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Hospitals on alert as trainee doctors prepare to strike from Tuesday: The Seoul city government said Monday it will extend the operating hours of city-run ...
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South Korea doctors walk off job over medical school slots: More than 1,600 South Korean trainee doctors walked off the job on Tuesday to protest against a ...
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Gov't urges trainee doctors to refrain from staging walkout : The health ministry urged interns and resident doctors on Tuesday to refrain from going on ...
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35 pensioners demand action from NPS over coal investments : A group of pensioners filed a lawsuit against the National Pension Service (NPS) chairman and other ...
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2,500 pharmacies, hospitals to open during holidays : Some 2,500 pharmacies and hospitals will remain open during the Lunar New Year holiday - from Friday to ...
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Hospital registration fee cap removal sparks price gouging concerns - Focus Taiwan
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EDITORIAL: S Korean strikes a wake-up call: Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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Covid vaccines have been linked to small increases in blood, neurological and heart-related conditions in the largest global safety study into the shots yet ... Show more trib.al/ZhIVWR0
Taiwan hikes Cambodia travel alert level following rise in H5N1 cases - Focus Taiwan
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Doctors' group vows to stop government's plan for med school quota hike : The Korean Medical Association (KMA), the nation’s largest coalition of doctors ...
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Taiwan's aging doctor problem: Average age is 51.5, causing potential labor shortage in the future
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Taiwan's health ministry upgrades 3 hospitals to 'medical centers'
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Gov't mulls raising health insurance premiums for sustainability : The government is likely to announce an increase in the medical school enrollment quota ...
koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/02/281_368188.html
Korea vigilant as measles cases increase in Europe : Health authorities in Korea have strengthened monitoring of suspected measles patients in a bid to prevent a ...
koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/01/119_367875.html
Foreign artists in Korea face legal ambiguity, limited support : Artists from all over the world come to Korea, which has evolved into a cultural powerhouse ...
koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/01/177_367718.html
1 in 5 elementary schools has less than 60 students amid low birthrate: One in five elementary schools across the country has less than 60 students ...
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Hospitalization periods to nearly double in 2035 due to aging population : The number of days of hospitalization for the entire population over the next decade ...
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Nearly half of young Korean women with normal, low weight try to shed even more: study
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Korea to break ground for first infectious diseases hospital: The country will start construction of its first-ever special medical facility treating patients ...
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Migrant wives twice as likely to experience depression as Korean women: Foreign women who migrated to Korea to marry Korean men showed a more than twofold ...
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Free Bella: The fight to release a beluga whale from a South Korean mega mall’s aquarium
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Quick Glance: Free Bella: The Battle to Release a Beluga Whale from a South Korean Mega Mall Aquarium
- A barren tank with concrete walls and artificial rocks in a South Korean mega mall has been home to a female beluga whale for close to a decade.
- The whale was captured by boats in Russian waters in 2013 and sold to the Lotte World Aquarium, the largest in Seoul, run by one of South Korea’s richest and largest conglomerates.
- Belli followed in 2019 at the age of 12. In the wild, beluga whales have an average life expectancy of 35 to 50 years.
- Their deaths sparked a wave of criticism from South Korean animal rights activists, prompting the company to take action.
Korea to offer free rapid diagnostic tests for dengue virus : Rapid diagnostic tests for dengue fever will be accessible at all airports across the country ...
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Gov't unveils incentive plan to support operation of infant care centers : The Ministry of Health and Welfare unveiled a government-level incentive support ...
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Meat preservative added to list of ‘suicide hazardous materials’ in South Korea: Sodium nitrite is commonly found in sausages and other processed meats as a ...
straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/meat-preservative-added-to-list-of-suicide-hazardous-materials-in-south-korea
South Korea aims to attract young foreign caregivers: The measure is a part of the government’s plan to have one caregiver take care of around four patients a ...
straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-aims-to-attract-young-foreign-caregivers
Danish report underscores ‘systematic illegal behavior’ in adoptions of children from South Korea | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
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Taiwan to expand scope of telemedicine services starting July 1 - Focus Taiwan: Taipei, Jan. 22 (CNA) The definition of special circumstances in which chronic ...
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South Korean government asks young couples why they refuse to have children: It is a bid to acquire ideas for policies that will help tackle the country’s ...
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Measures unveiled to support young recluses : The health ministry on Wednesday unveiled a slew of measures to help reclusive youths reintegrate into society ...
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[INTERVIEW] Korea to spearhead global initiative to fight disease threats : Korea will take the lead in strengthening global preparedness for infectious disease ...
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South Koreans aged 20 to 34 to get mental health check-ups every 2 years: The aim is to bring the country's suicide rate back to OECD average.
straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreans-aged-20-to-34-to-get-mental-health-check-ups-every-2-years
Generational health paradox: Millennials are aging faster than boomers: HONG KONG — In an alarming trend, millennials, born between 1981 and 1996 ...
koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/12/119_364956.html
Technological progress results in widened digital gap : A 72-year-old Seoul resident surnamed Lee was shocked when she recently visited a hospital to see a ...
koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2023/12/133_364988.html
NSTC announces chips program: Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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Japan earthquake donations exceed NT$80 million: Health ministry - Focus Taiwan: Taipei, Jan. 8 (CNA) Over NT$84.27 million (US$2.72 million) has been donated as ...
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Drug addicts, sexual offenders to be banned from working in social service sectors from 2025
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Gov't rejects request for guidelines on hospitalization of transgender people
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Doctors begin vote on collective action against gov't plan to expand medical school quota
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Telemedicine services to be expanded on Dec. 15 despite safety concerns: The government is set to expand the eligibility for its telemedicine services ...
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Debate grows over broadening of state insurance coverage for drug rehabilitation: The government's decision to extend health insurance coverage for ...
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Medical schools want annual enrollments to nearly double in 2025 : Forty medical schools in Korea want the annual medical school enrollment quota to increase by ...
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S. Korea to open office supporting global move to address infectious diseases | Yonhap News Agency
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How Germany, Belgium navigate public health insurance amid demographic challenges
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[INTERVIEW] UNICEF seeks cooperation with Korea to tackle climate crisis, humanitarian challenges
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S. Korea outlines countermeasures to curb high suicide rates | Yonhap News Agency
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South Korea fights bedbug outbreaks amid tourism boom: ‘it itches madly’: South Korea is grappling with bedbug outbreaks as the country sees a post-pandemic
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Global bio leaders to gather in Seoul for World Bio Summit : The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the World Health Organization will co-host the World Bio ...
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Telemedicine services to be expanded for patients in remote areas | Yonhap News Agency
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South Korea has been gripped by a bedbug outbreak, and the government is rushing to battle the bloodsucking bugs.
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Should Hong Kong travellers be worried about bedbugs after outbreaks in South Korea, Paris, London? Here’s how to prevent the globetrotters from entering your ...
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Quick Glance: South Korea Fights Back Against Bedbug Infestation
- South Korea grapples with bedbug outbreaks during post-pandemic tourism boom.
- Government initiates comprehensive four-week campaign to combat bedbug infestation.
- Immediate disinfection implemented in suspected bedbug locations.
- South Korea confirms 30 cases of bedbugs and plans to invest almost 2 million euros to tackle the issue.
Nutrition draft act proposed: Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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Workers at MOHW hospitals and public universities to get pay hike: Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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Bedbug reports cause jitters across South Korea: Central and local government agencies in South Korea have begun implementing measures to prevent the spread of ...
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Screening key to combating lung cancer threat: expert: Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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One out of every three Korean adults was classified as obese as of last year. And the problem appears to be more serious among men in their 30s ... Show more www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/10/119_361410.html
Nearly 40,000 Koreans took their own lives over the past three years, with the suicide rate increasing among the younger generation, data showed Wednesday ... Show more www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/10/281_360882.html
The number of malaria cases has been rising sharply in Korea this year, reaching the highest level in 12 years, health authorities said Sunday ... Show more www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/10/119_361610.html
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