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Medical watchdog to endorse new proposal governing foreign doctors in Hong Kong, but patients’ group says it is just an old idea packaged differently

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A new proposal to exempt overseas doctors from a year-long internship in Hong Kong is likely to be endorsed by the sector’s watchdog next month, a leading local medical association said on Friday.The new option, which arose out of a meeting between health minister Sophia Chan Siu-chee and major doctors’ groups on Thursday night, requires overseas-trained specialists who complete the city’s licensing exam, but hope to be exempted from a 12-month internship, to serve full-time for at least 1½…

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