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State must pay damages for carrying a photo depicting doctors' collective protest: court
The High Court reaffirmed a decision by a lower court on November 6 concerning a photo depicting doctors' collective protest that was carried in a new moral textbook for the first-grade high school students, holding t...
KMA called for political parties to form Medical Reform Review Body.
The Korea Medical Association (KMA: President Kim Jae-jeong) presented an official recommendation letter to the chief policy making commissioners of the respective major political parties stating that a pan-national l...
KMA to lay hard pushes over pharmacies.
The Korea Medical Association, having hired retired polices since 2002 to watch illegal substituted dispensing practices in retail pharmacies, took a nation-wide inspection squad meeting to prepare overall counter mea...
KMA calling for NHI reimbursement price rise in double digit.
The medical and pharmacy communities decided to push their plans for the NHI reimbursement prices to raise in a double digit next year.
The NHI Reimbursement Price Coordination Committee (hereinafter called Commit...
KMA to strengthen measures against pharmacist's substituted dispensing.
The KMA plans to have the 3rd group meeting on Oct. 31 over the subject of "The status and counter measures against illegal drug substituted dispensing and pharmacist's optional dispensing without prescriptions"
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KMA demanding 10.6% increase in medical treatment charges next year
The Korea Medical Association is planning to urge the government to increase next year's medical treatment charges by 10.6 percent ahead of imminent contract with the National Health Insurance Corporation.
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Korea's total population showing 14 hospital visits on average last year
The annual report in 2002, which was released by the National Health Insurance Corporation, showed that of 46.5 million people eligible for medical health insurance coverage, 40.6 million people (88 percent, excluding...
Opening of foreign-invested hospitals at economic free zone will affect local hospitals
The proposed opening of foreign-invested hospitals at economic free zone in Incheon would likely deal a hard blow to the overall management of domestic hospitals, said the Korea Hospitals Association said recently.
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Medical practice in Kangnam area to face serious recession.
A joint survey conducted by Realty 114 and Plus Clinic, a professional medical business consultant company (President: Shim Hyeong-seok. www.plusclinic.com) revealed that the medical practice in Kangnam area had shown...
International Journal to grant award to Dr. Kim for best research paper.
The International Journal of Toxicology, a world reputed toxicology research journal, announced that the award for the best scientific paper in 2003 would be granted to Dr. Kim Yong-kyu of the Korea Institute of Toxic...
