Nearly 9,000 trainee doctors in South Korea leave the workplace, with surgeries postponed and wards closed in various locations. The South Korean government has taken strict measures, including initiating the process of temporarily suspending the medical licenses.
In addition, approximately 10,000Trainee doctors across the country have submitted letters of resignation to the hospitals where they work. President Yoon Seong-yeol criticized the doctors, saying, ``The actions of the doctors are abrogation of their own responsibilities and undermine the very foundations of the rule of law''