Yonhap News Summary

The health ministry announced a decision Tuesday to extend financial support for hospitals struggling with staff shortages to have them hire 400 medical staff members for emergency room operations and other services amid a deepening health care crisis. Hospitals have been forced to cut back on surgeries, outpatient treatment services, and emergency room operations, as a majority of trainee doctors have left their workplaces since February in protest of the government's plan to drastically increase the medical school admissions quota. Source: Yonhap News Agency