"But, why's there an urgent need to set up a children's hospital rather than other sophisticated service in need - for example, the long-discussed center of excellence in neurology?" One of us asked.
"Didn't you read the morning paper? There is a huge need of paediatrics and neonatal service in order to meet the demand of our friends north to the Shenzhen River!" LW said.
"But, the bottleneck is not NNU," WY pointed out, "We do not have enough obstetricians and midwives."
"On that, I think the government should be more innovative," I smiled, "You know, graduates from some traditional medical schools, mostly in Ireland, in addition to having a degree of MBBS or MBChB, get an additional degree called BAO, which stands for stand for Baccalaureus in Arte Obstetricia."
There was a moment of silence, and then I added, "I believe the two medical schools here should be more proactive and try putting up a, say, two-year degree of "Bachelor of Obstetrics". Graduates of which could be called doctors but are only allowed to practice obstetrics, and they still need postgraduate examination by the College and so forth. It would ease off much of the manpower shortage of the field, and may well become a new and prolific industry in Hong Kong! After all, my suggestion is not that weird; our dentists are brought up similarly."
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