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Hong Kong doctors support exempting foreign-trained professionals from internship requirement in bid to solve crippling doctor shortage

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Hong Kong’s largest doctors’ group on Friday threw its weight behind a new proposal to exempt foreign-trained doctors from an internship requirement, paving the way for the proposal to pass in an upcoming vote to help ease the city’s crippling doctor shortage.The Hong Kong Medical Association, the body representing the city’s registered doctors, reached a consensus on the matter after two meetings last week and one on Thursday, said Dr Pierre Chan Pui-yin, a lawmaker for the medical sector.The…

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