28 Residents at Cheongju Seongmo Hospital Also Submit Resignations

Amid the resignation of resident doctors at major hospitals nationwide in protest against the government's increase in medical school quotas, all resident doctors at Cheongju St. Mary's Hospital in Chungbuk have also decided to submit their resignation letters.

Cheongju St. Mary's Hospital announced on the 16th that all 28 residents in internal medicine, neurosurgery, and obstetrics and gynecology informed the hospital that they would submit their resignation letters on the 19th and stop working from the 20th.

On the 16th, residents of the 'Big 5' major hospitals in the Seoul metropolitan area, who oppose the government's plan to increase the number of medical students, are submitting resignation letters. Residents are seen moving inside a large hospital in Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

Cheongju St. Mary's Hospital is a designated training institution where Samsung Medical Center in Seoul dispatches residents, and the acceptance of the resignations will be decided by Samsung Medical Center.

The hospital explained that since the proportion of residents is not high, there will be no significant disruption to essential medical services.

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