Doctors protesting against the government’s plan to raise the annual enrolment quota at medical schools, in Seoul, on Feb 25.- South Korea has suspended the medical licences of two doctors, the Korean Medical Association said on March 19, in the first punitive action over a month-long strike that has caused healthcare chaos.
“The two officials, Kim Taek-woo and Park Myung-ha, received the notice yesterday,” spokesperson Lee Seok-young told AFP. Under South Korean law, doctors are restricted from striking, and the government has requested police investigate people connected to the stoppage, including officials at the KMA. Doctors say they fear the reform will erode the quality of service and medical education, but proponents of the plan accuse them of trying to safeguard their salaries and social status.