South Korea has recently become popular again, just because of the announcement of the imminent expansion of medical schools, more than 10,000 interns and residents in South Korea have submitted resignation letters, and those who don't know are confused.
The reason for this is that South Korea announced some time ago that the medical school will expand by 2,000 students next year, according to the previous plan, the medical school will enroll about 3,000 students every year, and the new students will be added to the plan to solve the shortage of doctors.
As we all know, being a doctor in China is a very hard thing, often staying up late and working overtime, and when encountering irrational patients, the safety of life is threatened. Not to mention the long maturity period of doctors, it basically takes more than 20 years of study to become an ordinary doctor, and the promotion from general doctor to director requires not only ability but also luck. Therefore, doctors are currently discouraged from their professions in China, and fewer and fewer people are willing to study medicine and become doctors.
But what everyone doesn't know is that the reason why the expansion of Korean medical schools has attracted so much opposition from doctors is because being a doctor in Korea is really cost-effective! Most of the hospitals in South Korea are private hospitals, and the average income of doctors is close to 200,000 US dollars, which is about 140w or more, which is higher than that of Germany (18.).80,000 US dollars), France (9$90,000). Many hospital doctors work eight hours a day, five days a week, and are only on duty "night and holiday" when necessary. From 2018 to 2022, South Korean hospitals refused to admit 37,000 patients due to a shortage of doctors. It seems that the reason for the strike and resignation is because they moved their cake! But when you get in the car and shout to close the door, is that appropriate?