Hong Kong must establish ‘high quality’ new medical school to train top talent: health chief
- Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau says the new school has to ensure students fulfil the standards of the local licensing council
Hong Kong needs a new “high quality” medical school that will have a “positive impact” on healthcare talent and innovation, the city’s health minister has said after three city universities started a race to tackle a staffing shortfall in the profession.
Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau on Saturday said the new medical school must be fully prepared and ensure students would fulfil the standards of the city’s licensing council.
“Setting up the third medical school will have a positive impact on Hong Kong’s training of medical talent or even healthcare innovation,” he said after he was interviewed on a radio show.
“But I have to emphasise that we do not only need the third medical school but a third medical school that is good and with high quality.”
He added the government would continue to communicate with interested universities and build a mechanism to assess which proposals would be most suitable.
Lo said he hoped that a third medical school could also achieve a global ranking of 40th or higher, similar to, or better than, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
