I appreciate your news regarding doctors from India and Pakistan. The facts is that it is very good initiative of HSE to fill vacant seats of NCHD`s via reruitment drive from Pakistan and India as It will not only reduce burden on Irish hospital`s but also help to fill svere shortage of NCHD doctors in Irish health system, At present there are 500 NCHD seats vacant in Irish Health Care System, as a consequence waiting time for critical patients become prolong. The condition is so critical that many patients have sued in court regarding delay in diagnosis and treatment.
All the doctors in this recruitment drive are selected by a special panel of consultants who took their interview in Islamabad and assess their clinical skills. Most of the doctors who are selected have either have clinical expereince or postgraduate qualificationin the form of diploma or degree of UK or Irish Colleges in their respective fields.
All the doctors selected have atleast 4-5 years of experience either at postgraduate level or at Consultant level. But now Medical Council is reluctant to register them and want them to take PRES and IELTS Examination.
According to my view their IELTS and PRES Examination should be exempted as they have studied their full medical MBBS and postgraduate qualifications (diploma and degree level) in ENGLISH Language. Plus all selected candidates have good clinical experience in their respective fields so their PRES should also be exempted.
I don`t think that any of the selected candidates will going for Exams which are meant for new and fresh medical graduates. If medical council sticks to its decision sooner or later it has to change its rules because coming to Ireland is no more dream of doctors from India and Pakistan as they have lot of oppertunities from US, UK , Canada and Australia. Even doctors from Pakistan are directly recruited by Ministery of Health of Saudia Arabia on reguler basis after every 4-6 months interval, for Saudia Arabia they are directly recruited by a delegation on the basis of walk in interview.
I think that Medical council should review its policy regarding this issue in order to resolve NCHD Crises in Ireland and you must play your role in creating awareness regarding this issue.
J. Ali
Posted on 17 Jun 2011 2:20 pm
I appreciate your news regarding doctors from India and Pakistan. The facts is that it is very good initiative of HSE to fill vacant seats of NCHD`s via reruitment drive from Pakistan and India as It will not only reduce burden on Irish hospital`s but also help to fill svere shortage of NCHD doctors in Irish health system, At present there are 500 NCHD seats vacant in Irish Health Care System, as a consequence waiting time for critical patients become prolong. The condition is so critical that many patients have sued in court regarding delay in diagnosis and treatment.
All the doctors in this recruitment drive are selected by a special panel of consultants who took their interview in Islamabad and assess their clinical skills. Most of the doctors who are selected have either have clinical expereince or postgraduate qualificationin the form of diploma or degree of UK or Irish Colleges in their respective fields.
All the doctors selected have atleast 4-5 years of experience either at postgraduate level or at Consultant level. But now Medical Council is reluctant to register them and want them to take PRES and IELTS Examination.
According to my view their IELTS and PRES Examination should be exempted as they have studied their full medical MBBS and postgraduate qualifications (diploma and degree level) in ENGLISH Language. Plus all selected candidates have good clinical experience in their respective fields so their PRES should also be exempted.
I don`t think that any of the selected candidates will going for Exams which are meant for new and fresh medical graduates. If medical council sticks to its decision sooner or later it has to change its rules because coming to Ireland is no more dream of doctors from India and Pakistan as they have lot of oppertunities from US, UK , Canada and Australia. Even doctors from Pakistan are directly recruited by Ministery of Health of Saudia Arabia on reguler basis after every 4-6 months interval, for Saudia Arabia they are directly recruited by a delegation on the basis of walk in interview.
I think that Medical council should review its policy regarding this issue in order to resolve NCHD Crises in Ireland and you must play your role in creating awareness regarding this issue.