1,463 hospitals and clinics in South Korea have declared closures on the 18th...only 4% of the total

It was found that only 4% of hospitals and clinics declared that they would not provide medical services on the 18th, the day the Korean Medical Association (KMA) declared them closed.
According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare on the 14th, a total of 1,463 medical institutions declared closure on the 18th, bringing the total number of medical institutions (30,000) to 1,463.
However, this is because the Ministry of Health and Welfare is making the announcement to identify the institutions that have agreed to the closure in advance and to predict the medical situation on the 18th, so some medical institutions
The number is fluid, as institutions may close on the day (18th) without prior notice. However, this result contradicts the Medical Association's claim that there is "overwhelming support" for the mass closure on the 18th.
On the 18th, the government and local governments will issue an order to resume operations to all medical institutions under Article 59, Clause 2 of the Medical Care Act.
As a result, medical institutions will be required to provide medical care on the day they declare a closure unless they have a valid reason.
In order to minimize gaps in medical care, the government will cooperate with local governments to close clinics on the 18th.
The government will closely examine the situation and use various media to guide patients to hospitals and clinics that provide medical treatment, so that they will not be inconvenienced when using local medical institutions.
Prior to this, the government and local governments issued a "medical treatment order" and a "closure notice order" under Article 59 of the Medical Care Act in response to the collective closure teaser by the Medical Association.
' has been issued to medical institutions (including some hospital-level medical institutions excluding dental and Chinese medicine clinics).