[Photo] "Severance Pediatric Residents Begin Strike"...'Big 5' Residents Submit Collective Resignation Today

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 collectively submitted their resignations in protest against the government's plan to increase medical school quotas. This photo shows a university hospital in Seoul. Some residents in departments such as Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at Severance Hospital decided to stop working and submitted their resignations a day earlier. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@