[Photo] Severance Residents Begin Strike... Surgery Schedule Adjustments

On the 19th, concerns over a 'medical crisis' due to collective opposition from doctors escalated as residents from the five major hospitals in South Korea submitted resignation letters in protest against the government's plan to increase medical school quotas. The photo shows a university hospital in Seoul. Some residents from departments such as Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at Severance Hospital decided to stop working and submitted their resignation letters a day earlier. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@