Pregnant women had C-sections cancelled and cancer treatments were postponed Wednesday as the number of South Korean trainee doctors to walk off the job over proposed reforms swelled, officials and local reports said. <br /><br />More than 8,800 junior doctors -- 71 percent of the trainee workforce -- have now quit, said Seoul's Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo, part of a spiralling protest against government plans to sharply increase medical school admissions.<br />They chanted slogans while holding placards that read "Stop the populist medical policies played by left-wing socialist scholars and bureaucrats." (Video Courtesy of AFPTV)<br /><br />READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/2/21/operations-cancelled-as-south-korea-doctors-strike-grows<br /><br />Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin<br /><br />Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph<br />Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin<br />Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manilabulletin<br />Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin<br />Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin<br /><br />#ManilaBulletinOnline<br />#ManilaBulletin<br />#LatestNews
