You won’t come back to work so I’m gonna make it so you can’t come back to work!
Ah, the ole Ronnie Reagan approach!
I’m not sure I’m getting the big picture on this, they are on strike because the government wants to train more doctors? Surely that’s a good thing?
Always question the motive by anything done by the current SK admin. Yoon is a fascist.
In this case, they are expanding intake without expanding support, in an already extremely difficult field. This will not work.
The doctors say the government should first address pay and working conditions before trying to increase the number of physicians.
It’s about pay. If the market is flooded, the hospitals will be free to lower their wages substantially because they’ll have more replacements available or they’ll be working with more people on the same budget.
Yeah, but they’re shitty, greedy people so they don’t want competition.
“that hobo should have worked harder”
context in case you haven't seen the hilarious edit i'm referring to
Well, it’s gonna end up like in France. A numerus clausus was set up in the 70s as doctors were afraid too many doctors would mean less patients and money for them. 50 years later, those now old fucks are now complaining there’s not enough doctors to care for them and that’s true. The wait list to see an ophthalmologist is usually 6mo to 1y long for examples We bring in French speaking doctors from Eastern European and North African countries to help staff our hospitals. Numerus clausus was cancelled in 2020 but we’re in a vicious circle with not big enough infrastructure to teach them: uni amphi are too small, not enough doctors to train them for their rotations in the hospital, etc. So IMO these striking Korean doctors can get bent.
A lot of people don’t know that South Korea is a capitalist shithole and just how bad things have gotten. If you want a perfect modern example of capitalism turning into fascism in real time, they’re a great place to look.
