Doctors want better legal protection from malpractice suits and changes to a system where many hospitals rely on a low-paid workforce and off-insurance services to stay afloat in a country often praised for providing universal quality medical coverage affordably, Park said.
He said he was torn between his patients and a government enforcing policy without listening to the doctors, but that he had little choice."With pride to save patients I came this far. As many doctors say, it was heartbreaking and difficult to leave patients behind," Park said. "But the current system is distorted, so we need better than that."