A discover asserting the delay of medical therapy is posted on the emergency heart of a hospital in Seongnam, south of Seoul, on Thursday, amid an overload at emergency facilities nationwide. (Yonhap)
Army and public well being medical doctors deployed to emergency rooms to assist ease medical workers shortages will probably be granted immunity from legal responsibility for damages ensuing from medical malpractice, well being authorities mentioned Sunday.
Since final Wednesday, 250 navy physicians have been assigned to emergency rooms and different understaffed departments after a major variety of junior medical doctors resigned in February to protest the federal government’s resolution to considerably improve medical faculty admissions quotas.
The well being ministry mentioned hospitals have submitted consent varieties agreeing to bear accountability for as much as 20 million gained (US$14,900) in compensation for medical malpractice instances involving these substitute medical doctors.
To alleviate the potential monetary burden on hospitals, the ministry has secured a bunch insurance coverage coverage that covers as much as 200 million gained per declare, with a complete protection restrict of two billion gained, officers mentioned.
The deployment of navy medical doctors follows reviews of some navy medical doctors scuffling with emergency room duties and requesting reassignment to intensive care items.
All able-bodied South Korean males are required to serve at the very least 18 months within the navy. Medical faculty graduates can decide to function navy or public well being medical doctors. Nonetheless, most of those graduates are normal physicians with out specialised coaching in emergency care.
The federal government has deployed 15 navy medical doctors to help within the emergency rooms of 5 hospitals, with one other 235 navy and public well being medical doctors despatched to different understaffed hospitals. (Yonhap)
