South Korean Doctors' organisation plans Strike on June 18 to protest medical reforms
Seoul: Amid the ongoing protests against the increase in medical school quotas, South Korea's top doctors' organisation said on Sunday that it will stage a walkout and a rally on June 18.
The Korea Medical Association (KMA) said it will stage a walkout and a rally on June 18, based on the result of a vote carried out last week on whether to launch collective action, reports Yonhap News Agency.
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Over 90 per cent of the participants supported the "strong protest" of the KMA in the vote carried out from Tuesday to Friday last week, the lobby group added.
According to an IANS report, "We intend to form a dedicated committee for the medical community's protest and employ every possible method to launch a comprehensive resistance," Lim Hyun-taek, who heads the KMA, said.
The latest collective action came after the government finalised the admission quota hike of some 1,500 for medical schools late last month, marking the first such increase in 27 years.
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