South Korea: doctors' strike is growing, patients are worried. After a month of strike and resignation of thousands of interns to oppose the reform of the admission quota in universities, the strike is set to intensify.
The authorities refuse to give in and must soon announce the suspension of many resigned interns. The intensification of the social movement risks further disrupting the operation of major South Korean hospitals, to the dismay of patients with serious illnesses. “When you are seriously ill, you need to get the right treatment at the right time,” says Kim Sung-ju, president of the Korea Cancer Patients' Rights Association.