The number of foreign medical guardians has increased 2.5 times in five years...63.6% of all medical guardians are in their 60s or older = South Korea

In South Korea, the number of foreign medical guardians has more than doubled in five years. Korean National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee member Choi Yong-sook, member of the ruling party ``People's Power'', obtained the information from the National Health Insurance Corporation.
According to the ``Current status of foreign medical guardians by nationality,'' the number of foreign medical guardians increased 2.5 times from 1,911 in 2018 to 4,795 in 2022.
By year, 1911 people in 2018, 1821 people in 2019, 2138 people in 2020, 982 people in 2021, 4795 people in 2022
The number of people and the number of people will increase significantly in 2022, when the COVID-19 virus infection situation subsides. By country, as of 2022, there will be a total of 4,795 foreign medical guardians, of which 3 will be Chinese.
852 people accounted for 80.4% of the total. This was followed by 484 Japanese (10.1%), 284 Americans (5.8), 54 Canadians (1.1%), 31 Taiwanese (0.6%), and Vietnam.
In that order, 8 people (0.0%) were ethnic Japanese, followed by 82 people (1.7%) from other countries. On the other hand, the total number of nursing guardians working at nursing institutions is 632,520 (as of June 2023).
Of these, 401,878 (63.6%) were in their 60s or older, while 5,908 were in their 30s or younger, less than 1% of the total.
Congressman Choi said, ``Our country is on the verge of entering a super-aging society, and this will increase the demand for medical care and protection.
``We need an influx of younger generations to fill the gap in nursing care and improve the quality of services.'' Continuing, ``The government is reforming their treatment due to the influx of young medical guardians.
We must take good measures," he said.