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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The Hospital Authority (HA) today (December 28) received confirmation from the Medical Council of Hong Kong (MCHK) on the approval of new applications for Limited Registration of four non-local doctors, and also the renewal applications for practice with Limited Registration of five non-local doctors. The approved non-local doctors will help relieve the frontline doctors' workload in public hospitals. The nine doctors will be deployed to serve in Anaesthesia, Family Medicine, Intensive Care Unit and Internal Medicine departments.
The HA spokesman said that currently there are 10 non-local doctors working in public hospitals under Limited Registration to relieve manpower pressure in the specialties of Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine and Internal Medicine, and to alleviate 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/Monday, December 28, 2015
Issued at HKT 15:25
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