The provincial government of Southern Gyeongsang has announced it will close the public Jinju Medical Clinic, giving the clinic's deficit as a reason. On March 14, the KCTU-affiliated Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union, along with the local KCTU regional council and civil society organizations held a protest against the closure in front of the provisional government office and began a strike to save the clinic. With only 5.9% of of its hospitals and 10.4 of its hospital beds, public, Korea has one of the lowest public hospital ratios among OECD countries.

 

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