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KMA to bid 90.7% yes against strike again.
The KMA took a meeting of national representatives at Yonsei University on July 9 to vote for strikes again. 90.7% of the vote favored "yes". The vote was proceeded on the subject of which the government did not revis...
Hospital Association may issue trial prescriptions to be filled outside soon.
The KHA (Korea Hospital Association) took a joint extraordinary directorate meeting together with all chairmen of the city/province associations at the conference hall on June 29 and announced that a trial prescriptio...
KMA has decided to prevent doctors from issuing prescription
The Korea Medical Association(KMA) held standing council meeting June 27. A source from this organization said that the meeting decided to forbid doctors to issue prescription until the National Assembly revise the ph...
The bereaved to sue the KMA for its illegal strike
The people who lost their family member due to the doctors' collective strike are filing lawsuits against the Korean Medical Association(KMA), the organizer of the national walkout.
An obstetrician, who intended to...
KMA may reconsider their business close when President makes decision.
The medical community finally announced to close their business across the nation as originally planned. However, they said they would discuss again if President made any appropriate decision in favor of them.
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KMA advanced early business close plan against government provisional ban on the shutdown.
The medical community intends to advance their business close in defiance of the government order of prohibiting the hospital business closing movement announced on June 13. Such an early closing plan of medical insti...
Medical community decided detailed action plans to oppose medical/pharmacy separation system.
The medical community held "a nation-wide rally" on June 4 demonstrating their strong wills of opposition against the government separation plan of the medical and pharmacy practice. By taking this event, the communit...
Patients are utterly ignorant of hospital medical bills.
The Citizen's Coalition for Economic Justice (CCFEJ) conducted a field study titled "A survey on how much patients know about their rights to know and the transparency of hospital management" from May 1 to 17 against ...
Medical institutes to strike on June 20
The medical community seems to stage a main destroying action against the government separation plan for the medical and pharmacy practices.
The Struggle Committee for Medical Rights (SCFMR) affiliated to the KMA t...
73% clinics on shut down strike for 3 days in a row
73% (13,750) out of the total 18,744 clinic level of medical institutes participated in their shut down strike for 3 days in a row as of April 6 according to the MOHW Central Emergency Medical Countermeasure Office. ...
