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(Bloomberg) -- South Korean trainee doctors walked off the job from Tuesday in a move set to slow the delivery of health care, in protest of a government plan to drastically increase spots at medical schools to reverse a shortage of physicians.Most Read from BloombergLargest Covid Vaccine Study Yet Finds Links to Health ConditionsCapital One to Buy Discover Financial in $35 Billion Stock DealWall Street’s Moelis Bet Big on the Middle East. Now He’s Cashing InStocks Pause Near Record as Traders A

AsiaToday reporter Lee Joon-youngThousands of trainee doctors have begun resigning en masse in protest against the government’s plan to boost the numb..

South Korean hospitals turned away some patients and delayed surgeries on Tuesday as hundreds of trainee doctors stopped working in a protest against medical training reforms.The government has ordered the doctors back to work, and police have warned of arrests for instigators of the work stoppages, as South Korean law limits the ability of medical staff to strike.

Trainee doctors in South Korea began resigning en masse Monday in protest of a government medical policy, causing reported delays in surgeries and other treatments at hospitals, though no major disruption in the country's medical service has yet occurred. Doctors’ groups and the government have been squabbling over a government plan to increase the number of medical school admissions by 2,000, starting from next year. Health authorities say it’s urgent to have more doctors considering South Korea's fast-aging population.

SEOUL, South Korea — Trainee doctors in South Korea began resigning en masse Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, in protest of a government medical policy, causing reported delays in surgeries and other treatments at hospitals, though no major disruption in the country’s medical service has yet occurred.