政府引入非本地培訓醫生方案
就特首林鄭月娥早前在立法會行政長官答問會提出引入非本地培訓醫生方案，香港醫學會會長蔡堅醫生在二月十日醫學會新冠疫苗記者會上，指仍未收到政府詳細資料。而食物衞生局原本安排在二月九日的會議，亦臨時推遲在二月十日晚上進行。
記者會上，蔡堅醫生提醒在一九九六年時修訂《醫生註冊條例》時，其中有關統一考試的條文意義重大，影響深遠。「在制度下，所有非本地畢業的醫生都要通過考試才能在香港註冊執業。這方法既公平對待所有香港以外地區的醫生，亦保障執業醫生均達到應有的水平。本港醫生非如有些評論指只顧自己利益，正正是由於我們對市民福祉和醫療水平的關注，才不顧他人批評而發聲。」
醫學會副會長麥肇敬醫生指政府表明提出方案旨在解決公營醫生人手問題，但方案卻不能對症下藥。「到底公營醫療真正缺少多少個醫生？只單單多聘公立醫生是否可以解決問題？還需要資源配合，相應地增加護士、手術室、硬件、復康人員、輔助醫療人員等等。政府會否確保醫管局資源充足而妥善運用？實習醫生的訓練是否不會受影響？」
香港醫學會認為目前並未有公營醫療人手短缺數目的確實數據和詳盡分析，亦未有調查各地有意回港執業的醫生和醫學生的數目，有關方案效用仍有疑竇。
立法會陳沛然議員、香港醫學會前會長方津生醫生、香港公共醫療醫生協會馮德焜醫生、前綫醫生聯盟洗建文醫生、香港執照醫生醫學會馬思特醫生、香港中文大學學生會醫學院院會袁己立同學及香港大學學生會醫學會陳正熙同學亦有出席記者會。
醫學會與各團體代表指政府今次提出方案前並未有諮詢，期望能向政府早日了解詳細資料，再進行商議以作應對。
二零二一年二月十日
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10 February 2021
Government’s Proposal on Admission of Non-locally trained Doctors
Chief Executive Mrs. Carrie LAM announced at Legislative Council on 4 February 2021 the Government’s proposal on admission of non-locally trained doctors. President of the Hong Kong Medical Association (HKMA) Dr CHOI Kin said at a press conference on COVID-19 vaccines that he had not yet received relevant details. He was invited to meet with the Food and Health Bureau along with other medical bodies on 9 February 2021. The meeting was re-scheduled to the evening of 10 February 2021 with rather short notice.
Dr CHOI Kin recaptured the cause for passing the Medical Registration (Amendments) Ordinance 1995, which came into effect on 1 September 1996. Dr CHOI said: “ This Ordinance is very important and impactful in maintaining medical standard. All doctors and medical students, wherever they’ve studied medicine, are required to sit and pass an examination for registration. It’s a fair play to all. It also helps to keep the standard from being swayed. Hong Kong doctors are criticized for being selfish because we ask to maintain the standard. We just do the right thing and are not forsaking health of the public. ”
At the press conference, the HKMA Vice-president Dr MAK Siu King said the proposal would be probably unhelping as it fails to alleviate core issues. “Do we know for sure how many public doctors are needed? Can the problems be addressed with hiring doctors alone? There need sufficient resources for nurses, operating theaters, hardware, rehabilitation and allied health staff, and many others. Will the Government provide sufficient resources to Hospital Authority and ensure these are rightly used? How about interns’ training? Who can guarantee their training opportunities unaffected?”
The HKMA is of the view that the Government has to reveal reliable figures and valid analysis on shortage of public doctors, as well as the number of non-locally trained doctors intending to practice in Hong Kong. In the absence of these, it is difficult to predict if the proposal would really work.
Legislative Councilor Dr Hon. Pierre CHAN, the HKMA Past President Dr David FANG, Dr James FUNG of Hong Kong Public Doctors Association, Dr Johnson SIN of Frontline Doctors’ Union, Dr Marcus MARCET of The Medical Licentiate Society of Hong Kong, Mr. Patrick YUEN of Medical Society, CUSU and Miss Hillary CHAN of Medical Society, HKUSU also joined the HKMA to meet with the media. The HKMA will meet with these groups again for follow-up discussions.
編輯備忘：香港醫學會成立於一九二零年，旨在聯繫政府、各公立醫療機構、大學及私人執業的醫務工作者，交流意見，團結一心。醫學會致力將最新的醫療資訊及醫務發展傳遞與會員，提倡會員遵行專業操守，進而服務社會，維護民康。
Notes to editors: The Hong Kong Medical Association, founded in 1920, aims to bring together Hong Kong's government, institutional, university and private medical practitioners for an effective exchange of views and co-ordination of efforts. The foremost objective of the Association is to safeguard and promote public health. The Association speaks collectively for its members and aims to keep its members abreast of medical ethics, issues and advances around the world. In fulfilling these goals, the association hopes to better serve the people of Hong Kong.
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