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Elderly South Korean woman dies after 5-hour wait for hospital that can perform heart surgery amid doctors’ strike

An elderly South Korean woman has died following a five-hour wait to find a hospital that could take her in for heart surgery as a weeks-long doctors’ strike continues to …

South Korea’s Yoon vows not to back down in doctors’ strike

by Walter Watson

Officials say they want to raise the yearly medical school cap by 2,000 from the current 3,058 to create more doctors to deal with the country’s rapidly ageing population. South …

South Korean doctor dies, reportedly from overwork, as strike piles more pressure on healthcare system

by Walter Watson

A South Korean ophthalmologist who shared the workload at Pusan National University Hospital’s emergency department has reportedly died from exhaustion, piling more pressure on a health system overwhelmed by a …