Dr. Peter McKenna:

The decision to export the work was not popular in the medical community. There are many of my colleagues, in both pathology and colposcopy, who would have advised against it, but it was considered necessary at the time. This has lost a significant amount of expertise in this area. That is not something that could be turned around quickly. Training in this area is lengthy and intensive and will take some time. It would be helpful if there was a policy statement that the intention in the medium to long term, even, indeed, the short term, is that this work would be repatriated and that for the foreseeable future every effort would be made to keep it here within the jurisdiction. One cannot compel people to train in a particular area.