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South Korean trainee doctors strike en masse over medical school admission expansion

02:26

Trainee doctors in South Korea began submitting resignation letters on February 19, protesting the government's plan to hike the medical school enrollment quota by 2,000, starting from next year.

Health authorities say it's urgent to have more doctors, considering the country's fast-aging population, but doctors claim raising admissions could result in unnecessary medical treatments because competition among doctors could hurt the education quality. More than 8,800 junior doctors and interns at major hospitals in Seoul - 71 percent of the trainee workforce - walked off the job to protest.

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