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Hong Kong should loosen restrictions on overseas doctors to ease staff shortages in public hospitals, says president of city’s academy of medicine

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The head of Hong Kong’s medical specialist training institution has proposed shortening the year-long internship for foreign-trained doctors working in the city, to ease staff shortages in public hospitals. But they should serve in the public sector for at least five years before being allowed to practise wherever they choose, said Professor Lau Chak-sing, president of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. His remarks on Monday came amid a debate over allowing more foreign doctors to practise in...

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