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Mainland nurses to be nurtured in HK
By Louise Ho (HK Edition)
A new plan to train mainland nurses in Hong Kong would improve the
mainland's medical standard and enhance exchanges between Hong Kong and
Guangdong, said York Chow, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food
yesterday.
In May, the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau struck a deal with
Guangdong's health department, according to which the Hospital Authority
(HA) would provide professional training for nurses from Guangdong in
Hong Kong's public hospitals, he said in Legislative Council meeting
yesterday.
Under the deal, the first batch of 120 trainees would be trained for 10
months starting from late June, Chow said. HK$4.8 million has been
allocated for the plan.
He said the objectives are "to provide professional training and
internship opportunities for mainland nurses and increase nursing
standard on the mainland".
"The plan can also provide a platform for exchanges in medical services
between the mainland and Hong Kong, such as exchanges on medical skills
and systems."
At the meeting some legislators inquired about whether the HK$4.8 million
would be at the expense of training of local nurses and whether mainland
nurses' training would affect the quality of medical service in Hong Kong.
The HA has a whole set of strategy on development of local nurses. HK$4.8
million was a small amount out of the HK$2.8 billion government funding
for the HA, Chow explained.
The mainland nurses would not compete with local nurses, he stressed.
They would not obtain Hong Kong's practicing certificates in nursing and
would return to Guangdong after training.
He was confident that their training would have no effect on the nursing
standard in Hong Kong as they would provide supervised clinical care, he
said.
The mainland nurses would be trained in eight public hospitals such as
Queen Mary and Prince of Wales, in departments of intensive care unit,
orthopedics and surgery, he said.
Each trainee would pay HK$10,000 as course fee, which will be used for
development of Hong Kong nurses.
HK$5,000 will be given to each nurse as living cost in Hong Kong.
The plan would include clinical work under supervision and classes of
several hours per week.
Course arrangement and development details would be reviewed each year.
The trainees were selected on the basis of their potential and
professional qualification in nursing, Chow said.
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