Ireland looks to Pakistan to help solve doctor shortage

Irish health officials visit India and Pakistan, find more than 420 experienced doctors willing to work in Ireland.

The Irish health agency called for help from Pakistani and Indian doctors as local doctors immigrate because of long working hours and poor career prospects, reported the Irish Times.

According to the report, the shortage of junior doctors has become a serious problem in the country.

On a recent trip to India and Pakistan, Irish health officials found more than 420 experienced doctors who, they said, are willing to work in Ireland.

However, the Irish Medical Council said that only 30 of these doctors have applied to register in Ireland.

Local health officials hope that the Irish ministry for health will amend the laws to make it easy for non-European Union doctors to work in the country.