The Legislative Council earlier read the "Medical Registration (Amendment) Bill 2021" for the first and second readings. The amendments will allow overseas doctors to obtain full registration in Hong Kong without taking the licensing examination. Some people think that overseas doctors will be able to practice privately in five years, which will not help solve the problem of manpower shortage in public hospitals. In addition, there are public opinions that the establishment of a separate committee will undermine the professional autonomy stipulated in the Basic Law. What does Executive Council member Lam Ching-choi think of this?
Host: Pan Xuezhi (Co-convenor of Democratic Thoughts (Research))
Guest: Lam Ching-choi (member of the Executive Council)
00:00 Public sector is short of 700 doctors
01:20 Full registration VS limited registration
02:25 In just five years, Lenghe has not been able to reduce the manpower loss in public hospitals?
04:13 Are there enough places for specialist training?
04:53 It is difficult to attract doctors with specialist qualifications to come to Hong Kong
06:09 Accredited list of 100 medical schools
06:45 Prefer to use Chinese and English to teach knowledge about local diseases
08:34 The committee is under the jurisdiction of the Medical Committee
09:13 Balancing public interest and professional autonomy
09:44 How to deal with political pressure?
10:22 The media and the public pay close attention to
