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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The Hospital Authority (HA) welcomed the approval of the Medical Council of Hong Kong (MCHK) today (July 2) for a new application for Limited Registration of a non-local doctor, and also the renewal applications for practice with Limited Registration of three non-local doctors. The approved overseas doctors will help relieve the frontline pressure in public hospitals. The four doctors will be deployed to service in Anaesthetic, Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine departments.
The HA spokesman said there are 20 non-local doctors who have been approved by the MCHK since 2012 for practice in public hospitals under Limited Registration to relieve manpower pressure in the specialties of Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Psychiatry. Currently, there are 10 non-local doctors working in the HA, alleviating the workload pressure of frontline doctors.
The HA will continue to exhaust every effort to attract fully registered local doctors and retain public doctors. Meanwhile, the HA would like to express its appreciation to all doctors for their commitment and contribution to serving the public under manpower constraints.
Ends/Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Issued at HKT 18:55
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