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> to the best of my knowledge only one country (Portugal) has shown any interest in re-training them as doctors to meet the severe lack of qualified medical per
by ido 17y ago
> to the best of my knowledge only one country (Portugal) has shown any interest in re-training them as doctors to meet the severe lack of qualified medical personnel.
A lot of doctors in Israel are immigrants from former Soviet Republics.
- TriinT 17y agoThat does not surprise me, given that many Russians and Ukrainians moved to Israel after the fall of the USSR. But did those doctors start their lives in Israel as construction workers? Or did they start practicing Medicine right away?
- ido 17y agoNo, they had to pass some sort of exam in order to be able to practice in Israel (and also learn the language of course). But a few years hence, the result is that a lot of Israeli doctors are former Soviet citizens.