Mitsotakis urges Greek doctors in the US to return

[Dimitris Papamitsos/Prime Minister's Press Office]

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis connected Tuesday urged Greek doctors working successful the United States to instrumentality to Greece, saying the applicable regularisation that would let them to automatically admit their specialty and specialization will beryllium signed successful the coming days.

Doctors who person acquired a specialty successful the US, which has been certified by the competent US body, will beryllium capable to admit their specialty automatically successful Greece, by submitting a elemental exertion to the Panhellenic Medical Association. Regarding specialization, designation will beryllium automatic upon submission of the certificate, arsenic agelong arsenic the specific specialization officially exists successful Greece.

“We decided with the curate and the lawman curate to chopped the Gordian knot and bring a proviso that automatically recognizes specialty and specialization to those who are certified successful the United States by the corresponding bodies, so that we tin solve this bureaucratic problem, which I understand is troubling galore of you. And of course, with the reasoning that this proviso whitethorn besides assistance successful the repatriation of some Greeks who are successful the United States,” Mitsotakis said successful a teleconference with ministers and doctors connected some sides of the Atlantic.

The applicable ministerial determination is expected to beryllium signed successful the coming days and the legislative regularisation for the specialization conception is expected to beryllium submitted to Parliament within the week.