Filling the gap of doctor shortage

The teething issue of shortage of doctors in public hospitals has become critical especially during service surge. Whilst the Government and The Medical Council of Hong Kong have taken various measures to address the issue, Hospital Authority has initiated multi-pronged approaches trying to close the gap. One of the solutions is to relieve the workload of frontline doctors by recruiting non-locally trained doctors through limited registration while ensuring these new recruits possess requisite standard to serve patients in Hong Kong without denying their career path. HASLink takes a closer look into the issue and talked to two returnee doctors who are now serving in HA hospitals.