Only half of Koreans trust emergency medical services: survey

South Koreans' confidence in the emergency medical services last year just hovered above the 50 percent mark, a survey showed Sunday, after medical staff shortages resulted in several incidents ambulances being turned away by hospitals. Some 54.3 percent of the respondents said they trust the country's emergency medical services, according to the 2025 survey on 6,000 adults conducted by a local pollster Metrix and commissioned by the National Medical Center. It edged down from 53.8 percent in th

By The Korea Herald