Limited Registration approved for overseas doctors
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The Hospital Authority (HA) spokesperson today (July 6) announced that confirmation was received from the Medical Council of Hong Kong on the approval of two new and three renewal applications of non-local doctors for practice with Limited Registration in public hospitals to help relieve the frontline workload. The five doctors will be deployed to serve in emergency medicine, cardiothoracic surgery, family medicine and radiology departments.
The spokesperson said that currently there are 12 non-local doctors working in public hospitals under Limited Registration to relieve manpower pressure and alleviate the workload pressure of frontline doctors in the specialties of anesthesia, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine and radiology.
"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 in serving the public under manpower constraints," the spokesperson said.
Ends/Friday, July 6, 2018
Issued at HKT 12:00
Issued at HKT 12:00
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