  <div id="pagebody_outline">    <div id="left_box">      <div class="life_title_box">        <div class="life_titie_box_top">        <!-- Image -->        </div>        <div class="midashi"><strong><span class="font_c"><font color="#FF3366">Facing the serious shortage of doctors, the government finally started to move. What’s in their mind?</font></span></strong> </div>        <div class="life_titie_box_bottom">        <!-- Image -->        </div>      </div>      <div id="article">                  <div id="article_left">                        <img src="/english/images/life/248_life_03.JPG" width="140" />                                                                                    </div>                <div id="article_right"><strong><span class="font_c"><font color="#FF3366">The Present Situation of<br /> 　　　　　　　　　Serious Shortages of Doctors</font></span></strong><br /><br />In order to resolve the shortages of obstetricians and pediatricians mainly in rural areas, the government/governing party put together the “Emergency Measures to Ensure Doctors”. The pillars include a doctor dispatching system at the country level and the expansion of the limit of enrollment for medical schools students from rural areas. These have been reflected in the government’s “large-boned policy” compiled in June and as well as the government party’s campaign promises for the Upper House election in summer. As the emergency measure, the government will set up a “Doctor Bank” at the country level which allows the temporary dispatch of doctors to areas that are in shortage according to the requests from the prefectures. They assume that the registrants will be the doctors who have retired.<br /><br /><br />In addition, as the medium and long-term measure, they have reduced the enrollment limit of postgraduate education hospitals in metropolitan areas in order to make young doctors move into rural areas. Many medical schools have increased their enrollment limit for students from rural areas and have exempted the doctors who work in the area or the specialty that are short of doctors from the obligation to pay back scholarships.<br /><br /><br />In the meeting held by the government/governing party at the Prime Minister’s office, the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated, “We will try our best so that many citizens will be able to feel the improvement and feel comfortable with the health care system in rural areas”. The government is executing the plan by formulating an action plan across the office and ministries in the future.<br /><br />(From Sankei Shimbun)<br /><br /><font color="#09ade2">Following the announcement, many groups have stood up to face the shortage of doctors, including Medic Service. We should send hearty cheers to those that work hard every day from dawn to dusk in order to resolve the problem. If you know any doctors, there is a website that you should let them know.</font><br /><strong>That is Medic Service’s Registration for Doctors・Medical Care Recruiting Website.</strong><br /><a href="http://www.medicservice.jp/">http://www.medicservice.jp/</a>	<br /><br />The doctors across the country, the patients are waiting for you! Register first. </div>        <div class="both10"></div>      </div>    </div>  <!-- end of left_box -->  </div><!-- end of pagebody_outline -->