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  "id": 10615764,
  "title": "'Local nurses form core of public healthcare system'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/local-nurses-form-core-of-public-healthcare-system-10615764",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T04:40:07.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "rthk-english",
    "url": "https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1871980-20260929.htm"
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  "summary": "Locally trained nurses remain the backbone of the public healthcare system as 99.8 percent of these Hospital Authority (HA) caregivers are trained in Hong Kong, the government said on Tuesday as it addressed community concerns over manpower planning and job opportunities within the sector. In a statement, it said there are still about 3,200 job vacancies for nurses in public hospitals and that…",
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        "title": "'Local nurses form core of public healthcare system'",
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        "published": "2026-09-29T04:40:07.000Z"
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