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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The Hospital Authority (HA) has received confirmation from the Medical Council of Hong Kong on the approval of the new applications for Limited Registration of three non-local doctors, and also the renewal applications for practice with Limited Registration of four non-local doctors. The approved non-local doctors will help relieve the front-line pressure in public hospitals. The seven doctors will be deployed to serve in the Anaesthesia, Family Medicine and Internal Medicine departments.
The HA spokesman today (December 8) said currently there are 11 non-local doctors working in public hospitals under Limited Registration to relieve manpower pressure in the specialties of Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine and Internal Medicine. Together with the three newly approved, there will be 14 non-local doctors working in public hospitals, alleviating the workload pressure of front-line doctors.
The HA will continue to exhaust every effort to attract fully registered local doctors and retain public doctors. Meanwhile, the HA would like to express appreciation to all doctors for their commitment and contribution to serving the public under manpower constraint.
Ends/Monday, December 8, 2014
Issued at HKT 13:03
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