https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2024/02/23/2JTHC3MXOVGD7OTQCHAAL76PRI/

The chaos in South Korea’s medical field intensified on
Feb. 22, the third day after most residents responsible
for surgeries and hospital wards resigned en masse and
vacated their positions. As surgeries and hospitalizations
were successively postponed or canceled at Seoul’s major
hospitals, known as the “Big Five”—Seoul National University
Hospital, Severance Hospital, Asan Medical Center, Samsung
Medical Center, and Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital—patients
turned to medium-sized hospitals, leading to widespread
disruptions in treatments and surgeries. The government
has decided to elevate the healthcare crisis level from
the current “alert” to the highest “serious” level.

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Even worse than the UK !

Ya know ... there are a few sectors where you CAN'T let
this kind of thing happen no matter what. Medical is a
biggie. Might be time for SK (and UK/France) to make
the medical service something like the military - where
you CAN'T quit. Implement conscription if required.

While I understand that many "socialized" systems have
not kept up with the salary curve, medical CANNOT fail.
What the strikers/unions/quitters want is literal blood
money in this instance. Govts that consistently underfund
their NHS also have blood on their hands. A PROBLEM
these days is that many nations are now deeply in debt
and the extra money really does not exist - and more
borrowing only, briefly, delays the issue.