Hong Kong to further relax law to fix doctor shortfall

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HONG KONG: Hong Kong will further relax a contentious plan to let non-local doctors practise in the city in order to tackle a shortfall of medical staff in the public sector, the city\u0027s Health Secretary said on Tuesday (Aug 31). Sophia Chan, speaking at a press conference, said the government was proposing

HONG KONG: Hong Kong will further relax a contentious plan to let non-local doctors practise in the city in order to tackle a shortfall of medical staff in the public sector, the city's Health Secretary said on Tuesday .

The scheme, which was announced at the start of this year, had initially been limited to overseas-trained Hong Kong residents and even then had sparked a backlash amongst many in the local medical sector who believed it would lower health care standards in the Asian financial hub.

 

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