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more recently in interest rates.
Inevitably this has had a
big impact on the arithmetic of possible schemes of assistance,
and, while we are continuing to search for appropriate
solutions, I must warn that the way ahead may be neither
quick nor easy.
4.
Dr Fang suggested that Government should consider taking out insurance cover for its medical officers, or
reimburse those doctors who chose to insure themselves
against claims for professional malpractice. While respecting the arguments adduced by Dr Fang, my present view is that the Government would not be justified in abandoning its long-established policy of carrying its own insurance risks. Nor do I think that a case has yet been made out for treating medical officers differently from other officers employed by the Crown. It is of interest that in the United Kingdom doctors employed by the Crown, and by the Area Health Authorities, are expected to take out insurance with a medical insurance society at their own expense, and without
reimbursement. There is nothing to prevent a medical officer
employed by the Crown in Hong Kong from taking out his own.
insurance in the same way, that is if he is not satisfied
with the protection offered by the Government.
However, I
am open to further arguments on this question, whether from
Dr Fang or from the doctors themselves.
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