Supplementary to question No. 10 on 12.3.86
Dr. Ip : Sir, when will this identification of extra posts above
the inadequate 186 existing ones be completed at the Prince of Wales
Hospital, and why has the Government not considered looking for
available posts in subvented hospitals as a contingency in case this
exercise proves to be inadequate?
Secretary for Health and Welfare: As I explained, under the Ordinance
it is the responsibilities of the two universities to approve posts.
The 11 hospitals, of course, which are approved by the Hong Kong
University do include a number of subvented hospitals and it would
be open to the Chinese University if insufficient posts are available
in the Prince of Wales Hospital also to look to the subvented sector.
Dr. Chiu: Sir, under the
Medical Registration Ordinance, there
are pre-registration training post, called externs which do not require
residency in hospitals. They receive
(w) interna but wak the same pay
under different
working conditions
registered medical practitioners. Will the Government consider the
policy of converting externs into interns in order to standardise
the two pre-registration training programmes if intern posts are
available?
before they are fully qualified as
Secretary for Health and Welfare: Sir, I think this is a rather
separate question relating to different type of medical students
I would like to offer Dr. Chiu a written answer on this point.