South Korea prevents foreign doctors from practicing without valid documents

South Korea will roll out a series of measures to prevent foreign doctors from practicing in the country without proper documents amid difficulties in the national health service.

Patients wait to see a doctor at a hospital in South Korea.

South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on May 10 that the government will take measures to prevent foreign doctors from practicing in the country without proper documents amid difficulties in the national health service due to a prolonged doctors' strike.

South Korea's health ministry announced earlier this week that individuals with medical degrees obtained overseas will be allowed to legally practice in the country as the government issued its highest-level medical service alert, Yonhap news agency reported.

This is a decision to adjust the regulations implementing the National Health Act in the context of serious disruption of medical services in Korea when interns organized a strike for many months to protest the government's plan to increase enrollment quotas for this field from 2025.

Speaking at a meeting with government officials on May 10, Mr. Han Duck-soo made it clear that under any circumstances, foreign doctors without valid documents will not be allowed to participate in treating Korean people. The Korean government is committed to taking safety measures in this case.

Under the new regulation, individuals with foreign medical degrees can practice in Korea with permission from the country's Health Ministry when the government issues the highest warning of a medical disaster.

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