S. Korea empowers nurses as doctors' strike continues
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from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to world@lemmy.world on 27 Feb 2024 09:24
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from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to world@lemmy.world on 27 Feb 2024 09:24
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Fuck this is bullshit, doctors go on strike so they just authorise nurses to do many of their jobs. As if nurses need more workload.
What a fucked healthcare system.
So not only are the “empowering” nurses to do things the aren’t authorized to do, they won’t be liable for any harm they cause.
Maybe the government should meet the doctors demands instead of trying literally everything else
While the solution seems flimsy at best, reading the article makes things a bit more complicated. As far as I can tell, what doctors are striking against is a raise in the admission numbers for medical schools, as they think it will worsen working conditions.
So what are the doctors striking for? This sounds like a good thing?
I agree, and your guess is as good as mine.
This is like how American schools are authorizing unqualified people to be teachers to “resolve” the teacher shortage. It’s not “empowering,” it’s a dangerous short-term solution that they’re choosing over fixing the actual issue because that would require making actual positive change.
Problem here is a bit more complicated.I’t seems South Korea is the developed country with less doctors per capita in the world. And when the gov approved a plan to increase the numbers of yearly doctors in universities, existing doctors went full strike - they want to keep that monopoly.
Ah, my mistake. I’m surprised people can be so publicly selfish as to actively strike against the notion that there should be a greater amount of people who can save lives…
Not quite that easy either, from my understanding they’re not paid like doctors in other developed countries, i.e. it’s not a top paying job. And they see this as a threat to “solving” that issue. Now we could argue that doctors maybe are overpaid in many cases, and if they’re “really” underpaid then opening up more slots for education won’t actually lead to any more applicants, thus the shortage will continue until salaries increase.
So I still think that the doctor strike is iffy.
This isn’t empowering, but more like exploiting.
Maybe it’s different in SK, but in many countries nurse is a very hard working low paying job with too many responsibilities already. Adding doctors’ jobs on that pile wouldn’t help anyone.
Disclaimer: my wife was a nurse.