Hong Kong Delegation Recruits in UK After Losing 1,247 Public Hospital Doctors in 3 Years

Medical workers display open palms with five fingers, signifying the five demands of protesters and chanting slogans as they stood in the foyer of the hospital before moving to different floors of the building at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. AP Photo/Vincent Yu

Hong Kong public hospitals lost 1,247 full-time doctors in the past three years. The annual loss rate of doctors was 8.1 percent, and that of nurses was even higher at 10.7 percent. The Hospital Authority delegation held a recruitment program for medical students and practicing physicians in London.

After the implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, there has been a wave of emigration from Hong Kong, and many talents have been lost from all walks of life.