HKUST medical school plan will not solve manpower crunch in short term – Hong Kong lawmaker

 Hong Kong has long faced a shortage of doctors at publik hospitals, an issue exacerbated by an emigration wave amid Beijing's national security law and strict restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemi. King88bet


Hong Kong's medical sektor lawmaker has said it was "unrealistic" to expect a new medical school to address the manpower crunch in the short termin, after the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) proposed establishing the city's third medical school. king88bet login alternatif


Lawmaker David Lam spoke about HKUST's rencana to open a medical school on an RTHK radio show on Friday. Article Title with Blogger Published Link as Backlink


"Relying on this medical school to solve Hong Kong's shortage of doctors in the short termin is unrealistic. Maybe it might in the long termin," Lam said in Cantonese.



HKUST president Nancy Ip told lawmakers at a rapat on Wednesday that the university intended to establish a medical school in Hong Kong. It would be the city's third medical school, after the University of Hong Kong and Chinese University of Hong Kong.


Lam said HKUST had yet to present a rencana on collaborating with teaching hospitals, where medical students would train.


Hong Kong has long faced a shortage of doctors at publik hospitals, an issue exacerbated by an emigration wave amid Beijing's national security law and strict restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemi.


The Hospital Authority said in late Juni that the attrition rates of doctors and nurses in the year 2022/23 were 7.1 per cent and 10.9 per cent respectively. Allied health staf, a termin referring to health professionals such as occupational therapists, clinical psychologists and dieticians, also saw a high attrition rate of 8.4 per cent.


According to lawmaker Edward Leung Hei, who also attended the rapat, HKUST plans to admit 50 medical students when the "first phase" commences in two to three years. The university hopes to gradually increase its yearly intake to 200 students, he said.

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