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.
According to a response by Acting Secretary for Medical Services and Health Libby Lee Ha-yan to a written inquiry at the Legislative Council meeting on March 15, the Hospital Authority (HA) lost 254 full-time doctors in 2020/21, while the number soared to 509 in 2021/22, and to 484  in 2022/23. That adds up to 1,247 full-time doctors lost within three years….