More than 16,000 hospitals to open over Lunar New Year's holidays next week

During the upcoming Lunar New Year holidays, or Seollal, around 16-thousand hospitals and clinics will provide services, with nearly 3-thousand being open on Lunar New Year's Day, which is January 29th.

The health ministry stated on Thursday that more hospitals will be in operation than last year's Chuseok and Seollal holidays; the latter of which came before the country's prolonged medical standoff between doctors and the government.

It also pledged to operate an emergency medical control center to monitor open hospitals, clinics and pharmacies to minimize gaps in the emergency medical system.