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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The Hospital Authority (HA) today (June 11) submitted to the Medical Council of Hong Kong (MCHK) the application of a non-local doctor for Limited Registration to serve in public hospitals. At the same time, the renewal applications of three serving non-local doctors for Limited Registration were also submitted.
"Facing acute doctor manpower and workload issues in certain clinical units, the recruitment of non-local doctors has been supported by the respective Central Co-ordinating Committees and endorsed by the HA Task Force on Limited Registration Scheme," the HA spokesman said.
The HA advertised earlier this year for the recruitment of non-local doctors under Limited Registration for the most pressurised specialties. The submission to MCHK today is regarding an applicant for Emergency Medicine. Apart from the application submitted today, assessment of other applicants will continue to be vetted by the HA Task Force on Limited Registration Scheme and considered by the selection panels in the coming months.
For the renewal applications of Limited Registration for three non-local doctors (one in Anesthesia and two in Family Medicine), their one-year Limited Registration will expire in the third quarter of 2014.
The HA is looking forward to the favourable consideration of the MCHK for the applications and will continue to exhaust every effort to relieve the current manpower shortfall situation.
Ends/Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Issued at HKT 16:46
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