For what seems like a change, young doctors from the UK are looking to India for employment in private hospitals. Thousands of British doctors are emigrating to other countries due to uncertainties caused by flaws found in their recruitment system known as Modernising Medical Careers (MMC).

Due to dejection and frustrations as a result of being unable to find jobs in British hospitals, hundreds have applied for jobs elsewhere. One of the main hospitals attracting these young British physicians is the K.G. Hospital and Post-graduate Medical Institute in Coimbatore.

A junior doctor from the Oxford Deanery who applied for a job in Australia and New Zealand was offered a year-long surgical spot in New South Wales within a few days. According to the doctor: “I feel I have been forced out and betrayed by consultants and the government. I still hope to come back to the UK [but] if I was offered a training programme in Australia I would stay.” However, while loads of these UK doctors have been looking overseas for jobs, many of the Indian doctors have been short-listed in the present round of employment. Lakshman Raman, Vice-Chairman of the British Association of Physicians of Indian origin (BAPIO) stated: “While it is difficult to calculate numbers, we have heard from quite a number of (Indian) doctors saying they have been shortlisted for interviews. It is, therefore, also true that those who have not been shortlisted have not been successful because of other factors and not because of their nationality. We are quite pleased about this”.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Source: India eNews

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