Pediatrician Song Jong-geun performs medical treatment at his pediatric clinic in Seoul, South Korea, June 14, 2023. REUTERS SEOUL — South Korea is suffering from a shortage of pediatricians, partly a result of the world's lowest birth rate and increasingly a factor behind it, leaving hospitals unable to fill posts and raising risks for children's health, doctors say. The number of pediatric clinics and hospitals in the capital has fallen by 12.5% over the five years to 2022, to just 456. Over the same period, the number of psychiatry clinics increased by 76.

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