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### Quesionts for review:
1. What is the doctor-patient ratio in South Korea, is it higher than Taiwan?
2. What date the docotor started to walk off and protest?
3. What might happen to the doctors who continue to go on strike?
4. Do you think Taiwan has enough doctors?
5. Do you think they are holding the lives as hostage?``

### transcript
Why thousands of doctors in South Korea are striking and what it means for patients

Thousands of doctors in South Korea have been refusing to see patients and attend surgeries since they walk off of their job on February 20th in response to the government's push to recruit more medical students. As of Tuesday about 8,949 interns and residents have left their work sites in protest. On Friday, South Korea, in effect, declared a healthcare emergency, raising its alert level to the highest threshold.

Telemedicine can be practiced nationally now. Some of the country's biggest hospitals have pared back sugeries by half. Military hospitals have been opened to civilians. Earlier this month, president Yoon Suk Yeol's (Korean: 윤석열; born 18 December 1960) administration annouced to raise the nation's medical school quota by 65%. Licesnes to pracitce medicine are administer by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. and the plan was immediatelyl criticized by doctors who took to the streets with signs that read "End of Healthcare". The protesters said that South Korea had enough doctors and that the government need to address the working condition and pay, particular ly areas like pediatircs and emergent medicine, before recruiting more studnets. 

South Korea has one of the lowest doctor-to-population ratios among the developed countries. President Yoon said the president would not back down on the necessary reforms, which he described as an essential measure to prepare for caring for the country's fast growing ageing population. Successive governments have tried to open up medical shcool placements, but have consistently come  up against stiff oppositions among doctors' groups.

On Monday, Vice President Park Min-Su said, the gov won't step any disciplinary actions against the strikg doctors if they resport deadline would be punished with a minimum 3-month suspension of the medical licenses and face further legal steps such as investigations and inditment by prosecutors.

A public survey showed that around 85% of South Koreans back the plan. Critic suspect doctors, one of the best-paid professions in South Korea, oppose their recruitment plan because they worry that they will face more competition and lower incomes.

The Korea medical Assosciation, which represents around 140,000 docotrs in South Korea has steadfastly express their support of the trainee doctors though it hasn't determine whether to join the walkout. 

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pare back
trainee
specialist 
telemedicine 遠距醫療
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