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Limited Registration approved for overseas doctors
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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority (HA) has received confirmation from the Medical Council of Hong Kong (MCHK) on the approval of two new and three renewal applications of non-local doctors for practice with Limited Registration in public hospitals. The approved non-local doctors will help relieve the front-line workload. The five doctors will be deployed to serve in the Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Paediatrics and Radiology departments.

     The HA spokesman today (June 3) said currently there are 11 non-local doctors working in public hospitals under Limited Registration to relieve manpower pressure and alleviate the workload pressure of front-line doctors in the specialties of Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine and Internal Medicine.

     "The HA will continue to exhaust every effort to attract fully registered local doctors and retain public doctors. Meanwhile, we would like to express appreciation to all doctors for their commitment and contributions to serving the public under manpower constraint."

     The spokesman added that the HA submitted six applications for Limited Registration to the MCHK last month. Subsequently, one non-local doctor working in Anaesthesia withdrew the renewal application due to personal reasons. Thus the HA finally submitted five new and renewal applications for Limited Registration to the MCHK.

Ends/Friday, June 3, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:15

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