Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee. - AP
HONG KONG (China Daily/ANN): To address the “severe shortage” of doctors, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government is eyeing a “new pathway” for more non-locally trained doctors to register and practice in the city, Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee said on Wednesday (April 21).
In a written reply to a query at the Legislative Council (LegCo), Chan said the government would introduce a bill in the second quarter of the year that would allow “special registration” for non-locally trained doctors.
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