韓國的現況會不會是日本與台灣的預演呢?
"南韓醫師總數約十萬,但實習和住院醫師在教學醫院屬大宗,可能在部分院所占逾四成;他們在大型醫院急診室、加護病房和手術室特別扮演重要角色,而實習醫師尤受倚賴係該些醫療機構基於成本考量。但抗議者直言,薪資與工作條件令人不滿。"
大型教學醫院是隱形的關鍵得利者:
"根據韓國實習住院醫師協會(Korea Intern Resident Association),韓國實習醫生和住院醫生輪班時間為36小時,美國則不到24小時,有半數美國年輕醫生每週工作60小時甚至更少,而韓國醫生工時往往超過100小時。"
罷工真正關鍵是職業進入門檻與未來利益保衛戰~
"About three-quarters of South Koreans backed raising the number of incoming medical students, according to a Gallup Korea poll. The current clash mirrors a similar labor stoppage in 2020 when a prior effort to increase medical school ranks by a fraction of the size that Yoon is proposing triggered a monthlong strike. The plan was shelved."
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/south-korea-doctors-walkouts-321a99dd?mod=asia_news_article_pos2