Pediatrics posts steepest net clinic decline

Amid shrinking interest in pediatrics among young doctors, government figures on Monday showed that far more pediatric clinics closed than opened last year. Eighty-nine pediatric clinics shut down nationwide in 2025, according to data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. Only 59 opened, leaving the field with the steepest net decline of any medical specialty. Pediatrics was the only discipline to post a net loss in the number of clinics. Clinics specializing in anesthesiology

By The Korea Herald