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Overseas Doctors|Gao Yongwen: Setting up a list of approved overseas medical schools can guarantee the level of doctors

2021-10-22T07:06:58.614Z


The Legislative Council passed the "Doctor Registration (Amendment) Bill 2021" in its third reading yesterday (21st). In the future, non-Hong Kong residents and locally trained doctors can be introduced to practice in Hong Kong. Former Director of the Food and Health Bureau Ko Wing Man attended today


The Legislative Council passed the "Doctor Registration (Amendment) Bill 2021" in its third reading yesterday (21st). In the future, non-Hong Kong residents and locally trained doctors can be introduced to practice in Hong Kong.

After attending the event today, the former Secretary of the Food and Health Bureau, Ko Wing-wen, pointed out that in the future, many new hospitals will be put into service, and by that time "tense manpower will be even more tense." It is hoped that the amendment will ensure medical standards while alleviating the manpower problems of public hospitals.


As for how to ensure the level of medical care after hanging into foreign places, including mainland doctors.

Gao Yongwen emphasized that the new amendment does not specify the importation of non-locally trained doctors from a certain place. The most important thing to ensure the level of doctors is how the committee negotiates to include qualified overseas medical schools in the list.


Former Director of the Food and Health Bureau Gao Yongwen hopes that the introduction of the new amendments will ease the manpower problems in public hospitals.

(Photo by Zeng Kaixin)

Gao Yongwen believes that the amendment can relieve the strain on the manpower of the public court

Some people worry that the amendments will affect the medical standards of Hong Kong. Gao Yongwen said that the medical system in Hong Kong is facing serious problems, including insufficient medical facilities and shortage of manpower.

Among them, the government has started to build, expand, and renovate hospitals, and many new hospitals will be put into service in the future. He believes that "the tight manpower will be even more tense, and the public will have to face a long waiting list."

He hopes that the introduction of the new amendments can ensure medical standards and at the same time provide more medical services to the public and ease the manpower problems in public hospitals.

Gao Yongwen believes that the "special registration" committee to be established by the authorities will draw up an approved list of overseas doctors' origins and medical schools. After applying for special registration, overseas doctors must work in public medical institutions for 5 years before they can apply for formal registration. , I believe everyone is very concerned about how to protect the level of medical care.

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The new amendment does not specify the introduction of non-locally trained doctors from a certain place

Gao Yongwen emphasized that the new amendment does not specify the introduction of non-locally trained doctors from a certain place, but the most important thing is how the committee negotiates to include qualified overseas medical schools in the list, and the level of medical schools varies from place to place. I believe The list is an important factor.

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