South Korean doctor strike: Government calls up army doctors as crisis grows

South Korean doctor strike: Government calls up army doctors as crisis grows

South Korea has started deploying military doctors to ease pressure on understaffed emergency rooms.
Thousands of young doctors have been on strike since February.
They’re protesting against planned reforms to increase the number of students admitted to medical schools.

Al Jazeera’s Eunice Kim reports from Seoul, South Korea.

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