The number of foreign doctors working in Korea has increased by 21% in the last 5.5 years.

It has been revealed that the number of foreign doctors working in South Korea has increased by more than 20% over the past five and a half years. On the 10th, Kim Mi-ae, a lawmaker from the ruling party's People Power Party (affiliated to the National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee),
According to data obtained from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, there were a total of 546 foreign doctors working in Korea, an increase of 20.8% from 2019 (as of June).
The number of foreign doctors is expected to increase from 452 in 2019 to 472 in 2020, 485 in 2021, 500 in 2022, and 521 in 2023.
Foreign doctors working in Korea must first graduate from a foreign medical school approved by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, obtain a medical license there, and then pass the Korean national medical examination to obtain a medical license.
However, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has proposed a plan to allow foreign doctors who do not have a medical license in Korea to perform limited medical procedures if the health and medical disaster crisis level reaches a "serious" level.
Kim said, "The Ministry of Health and Welfare should grasp the ratio of foreign doctors in major countries and what activities they are engaged in to see if they can be applied to Korea, and also to
"A comprehensive policy review will be carried out, including making a certain period of training in Korea mandatory and establishing a course for adapting to the Korean medical system," he said.
It's necessary," he said.