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Overseas doctors | Two doctors’ unions approve amendments that cannot solve manpower problems and promote employment of local students

2021-06-13T19:38:46.513Z


The government amended the legislation to relax the threshold for the introduction of overseas doctors, and the draft is currently under consideration in the Legislative Council. The Public Medical Doctors Association (PDA) and the Government Doctors Association (GDA) held general elections today. The two new presidents said when meeting with the media


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Written by: Zheng Cuibi

2021-06-12 19:59

Last update date: 2021-06-12 19:59

The government amended the legislation to relax the threshold for the introduction of overseas doctors, and the draft is currently under consideration in the Legislative Council.

The Public Medical Doctors Association (PDA) and the Government Doctors Association (GDA) held general elections today. When the two new presidents met with the media, they said that the problems of the public medical system are structural problems and cannot be solved by introducing more doctors. It opposes the amendment and emphasizes that it is not protectionism in the industry, but that the existing mechanism can be introduced to overseas doctors, and urges the government to ensure that all medical graduates in Hong Kong can obtain employment opportunities.

Ling Xiaozhi pointed out that the problems of the public medical system are structural problems and cannot be solved by introducing more doctors.

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Ling Xiaozhi, the new president of the Public Medical Doctors Association, pointed out that currently non-locally trained doctors can come to work in Hong Kong through a limited registration system, and they have also been formally registered after examinations. He believes that there is no need for the government to introduce a "special registration" system. He emphasized that the industry does not have protection. It is that these systems have been able to introduce overseas doctors, which is a fair mechanism.

He bluntly said that the problem of the public medical system is a structural problem, and it cannot be solved by introducing more doctors.

Zhang Kejin, the new president of the Government Doctors Association, pointed out that the introduction of more doctors may make local graduates unemployed and waste public money to train these doctors. He also questioned that if the working environment of the public medical system does not improve, overseas doctors will only serve a few. Nian left, helpless to solve the manpower problem.

Zhang Kejin pointed out that introducing more doctors may make local graduates unemployed and waste public money to train these doctors.

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Ling Xiaozhi also criticized the government's proposal that a list of institutions should be drawn up, but the formulation process cannot ensure objective and fairness. For example, even if the institution is ranked high or only reflects its excellent research, it does not mean that the doctors are of good quality; on the contrary, schools with inferior research, The level of doctors may also be excellent, describing that this system will create injustice.

He also pointed out that many details of the plan are undecided, such as whether overseas doctors will work in Hong Kong for five years, whether contracts will be awarded year by year, and how they will be evaluated each year.

For the chairman of the Medical Council and the chairman of the Academy of Medicine, both agree that overseas doctors can be trained in private hospitals. Ling Xiaozhi pointed out that it is necessary to consider whether the number of patients is sufficient and whether private hospitals can provide adequate, group-style training.

Zhang Kejin pointed out that if overseas doctors are trained in private hospitals, it will not be able to solve the problem of doctor shortage in the public system, and the Department of Health does not have a complete training system. He bluntly does not know how to implement it by then.

Zhang Kejin said frankly that he was incapable of vetoing the plan, and Ling Xiaozhi also reluctantly said that he believed that the Legislative Council would have a good chance to pass the plan, but he would continue to discuss with the government, hoping that the government could consult the public.

In addition, when asked about the new crown vaccination, Ling Xiaozhi pointed out that the vaccine is worthy of promotion and support, but citizens should have the autonomy to decide whether to inject or not after receiving the information, because it is a medical decision. Or it might be a means of lure to get citizens to get an injection, which he thinks is not ideal.

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