South Korean woman dies as doctors strike continues - BBC News

The woman in her 80s was turned away from seven different hospitals amid an ongoing strike.

9 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, More than 9,000 doctors have walked off the job putting hospitals under significant strainBy Frances MaoBBC NewsSouth Korea's government has launched an investigation into the death of a woman in her 80s after her ambulance was denied entry to several hospitals due to the ongoing doctors strike.

The patient died in the ambulance after suffering cardiac arrest.

About 70% of junior doctors have been on strike for the past week protesting plans to train up more physicians.

That's put emergency rooms under pressure, with the government alleging doctors have risked public health.

Paramedics in the city of Daejon on Friday had called around seven hospitals to take the woman, but were turned away due to a lack of staffing and beds.

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