Hong Kong to hire 250 non-locally trained doctors this year, Hospital Authority chief says
Hong Kong’s public hospitals expect to hire 250 non-locally trained doctors this year, a senior official said as he expressed confidence in addressing a manpower shortage in the sector through overseas recruitment. Hospital Authority (HA) chairperson Henry Fan said there are currently around 150 non-locally trained doctors working in the city after authorities stepped up international recruitment efforts last year, local media reported. Speaking at the annual Hospital Authority Convention which opened on Thursday at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Fan said the authority planned...