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Allergy Association to hold 1st Expo event in Seoul.
For the first time in Korea the Korea Association of Allergy and Asthma (President: Dr. Kim You-young, SNU Medical College Internal Medicine) plans to hold a large scale of the health related exhibition event under th...
KMA calls for pharmacist's illegal medical activities to cut off.
In connection with the 6 year pharmacy school issue, the KMA officially recommended the MOHW to set up a legal measure of eliminating illegal pharmacist's medical activities.
In the official recommendation letter...
Many postmenopausal women in Korea worry over adverse effects of hormone replacement therapy: survey
The majority of postmenopausal women in Korea are concerned about side effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), a recent survey shows.
The survey of 100 women with one-year HRT treatment in Seoul and metropoli...
Hospital management seen deteriorating
Although the nation's unionized hospital workers on June 23 agreed to end their strike after negotiations with the management on key issues, including a five-day workweek, substantial financial losses up to several bi...
Labor dispute in hospitals settled in 13 days
A 13-day strike by about 15,000 nurses and administrative workers at private hospitals ended on June 23 after labor and management negotiated through the night to iron out final thorny differences on key issues, inclu...
Hospital labor's strike battered prescription pharmacy business.
The recent strikes of the hospital labor union gave substantial prescription business damages especially to the pharmacy located near general hospitals, which escalated to the pharmaceutical wholesalers and manufactur...
Medical community to counter attack pharmacies with OTC drug sales.
In a counter measure against a movement of placing campaign for the non-prescription ointment and eye drops to be shifted from the prescription by the Seoul Pharmaceutical Association, the medical circle promptly and ...
Hospital labor union's strikes to cripple medical services.
A nationwide strike led by the hospital labor union for 6 consecutive days has raised a critical service problem in most of leading hospitals across the country.
The leading university hospitals including SNU hosp...
Hospital Labour Union to strike at 121 hospitals.
As the hospital management has failed to negotiate current issues raised by the hospital labor unions, about 121 hospitals across the nation are now under labor strikes.
Both sides talked each other over the issu...
KMA and KHA jointly moving optional dispensing policy.Korea Medical Association and Korea Hospital Association gathered together at Palace hotel on May 28 to discuss an optional dispensing program earlier raised by KMA. Amid very a...
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