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Written by: Zhou Lixi
2020-11-26 13:21
Last update date: 2020-11-26 13:21
Zhang Yuren, chairman of the Liberal Party, who has repeatedly stated that there is a need to introduce overseas registered doctors, today (26th) at the Chief Executive's question and answer meeting asked whether the government is willing to promote the relaxation of overseas doctor registration.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam has no suspense about this, saying that the Hong Kong government will be very serious and actively studying the introduction of overseas doctors. Her personal position has become clearer. When she was the Chief Secretary for Administration, she also expressed support for the relaxation of allowing overseas trained doctors to return to Hong Kong to practice.
In 2016, Leung Ka-liu, a member of the medical profession, once single-handedly "pulled to death" the Doctors Registration (Amendment) Bill. The purpose of the draft was to relax overseas doctors' practice in Hong Kong.
In addition to not mentioning the resistance of the year by name, Lam Cheng also threatened to express his support for the introduction of overseas doctors, believing that "the medical profession will jump around and will issue a statement condemning me later," but he still insisted on relevant opinions, "the battle must be But I hope to fight a peaceful and no-smoke battle," which also refers to whether the "medical friends" can handle this matter as they wish.
Zhang Yuren said that the shortage of doctors affects patients, making the public's emergency waiting time twice as long as that in Singapore. Some new patients in specialties have to wait two years before they can see a doctor.
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When asked by Zhang Yuren, he quoted the analogy of other members of the policy that "far water cannot save near fire" that the policy failed to meet the standards in time. He pointed out that there is a serious shortage of doctors in Hong Kong and the waiting time for public medical care is too long.
He pointed out that the per-capita doctor ratio in Hong Kong is 1.9 doctors per 1,000 people, which is lower than in many regions. Hong Kong needs to add about 3,400 doctors to catch up with Singapore's ratio.
He pointed out that the shortage of doctors affects patients, making the public's emergency waiting time twice as long as that in Singapore. Some patients with new specialties have to wait two years to see a doctor. He is concerned about whether the government can import non-locally trained doctors and overseas doctors, and ask the government when It will be handled more actively and should not be hindered by the Medical Council.
Lam Cheng responded that the Hong Kong government is very serious and actively studying the introduction of overseas doctors. Her personal position is clear. As Chief Secretary for Administration, she also supports the relaxation of allowing overseas trained doctors to practice in Hong Kong, which is consistent with the position of Members.
She mentioned that there were difficulties in implementation. There was once a member of Parliament who could not do the work related to Rabling. When submitting the agenda, she hoped that it would be for the well-being of the public, but she did not want to have serious conflicts with doctors. You can study to let overseas Hong Kong doctors return to Hong Kong. Practice, such as partially letting Hong Kong residents or second-generation doctors return to Hong Kong.
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Lam Cheng later mentioned that he is very concerned about the special learning needs of preschool children. Among them, the "School Preschool Program" has increased its service volume to 8,000 places this year, and plans to increase it to 10,000 places in two years, but he faces pediatrics. The bottleneck problem of insufficient doctors.
Carrie Lam said that knowing that her remarks would make "the medical profession jump and make a statement condemning me", but she insisted on putting forward relevant opinions. Because she couldn't bear to see that the child would not receive relevant services, "the battle must be fought. , But I hope to fight a peaceful and smoke-free battle", it will depend on how medical friends handle this matter.
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Carrie Lam's policy address for overseas doctors to practise in Hong Kong 2020
