Coming across a recording of the mocking and hostile environment for female medical students in the late 19th and early 20th century in David Oshinsky’s Bellevue turned my mind towards a country where at least nominally women were allowed to officially serve as doctors far earlier, Korea or as it was known then Joseon. From […]
Korean Military Physical
“Please come to the physical with a mask.” said the text from the military the day before my physical. The government has cancelled and discouraged many events and large gatherings but not military physicals. I find my way to the base and I am greeted by a woman. Where are you from? There are two stations, […]
MERS: 10 Things You Must Know
Korea has been all over the news last month because a man went on a trip to Bahrain and came home sick. No one suspected Middle East Respiratory Syndrome at first and by the time they figured it out he had visited several hospitals and infected many. People got scared, streets were empty, major events […]
