Doctors protested against government plans to increase medical school admissions and healthcare reform in June 2024. - Photo: Reuters
SEOUL: South Korea will lift its top-level public health emergency alert, declared at the height of the nationwide doctors’ strike in 2024, officially declaring an end to the medical crisis that has persisted for nearly 20 months.
Health Minister Jeong Eun-kyeong announced on Friday (Oct 17) that the government will deactivate the “serious” level of the health and medical crisis alert at midnight on Sunday (Oct 19).
