Foreign-trained doctors barred from government employment

Two dozen recently graduated Cambodian specialised doctors who obtained their degrees abroad are contesting the Ministry of Health’s decision to bar them from working as full-time government employees on the grounds that their degrees are not equivalent to domestic medical degrees.

Sreng Houng, who said he received his ophthalmologist degree in Vietnam, yesterday asked Prime Minister Hun Sen on his Facebook page to intervene. In his post, Houng said the 24 students had received scholarships from the Ministry of Education 10 years ago to pursue medical degrees in various countries, such as Vietnam, China, Malaysia and the US, and had obtained specialisations including gynaecology, oncology and surgery.

“We are very . . . disappointed,” he said. “We have struggled and have overcome many tests . . . and we have spent 10 years of studies.”

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