Australia losing doctors to overseas facilities

Australian health and tourism experts say the country is losing some of its best doctors and nurses because they are being poached to work in the booming health tourism industry in the Middle East and Asia. The experts said places such as Dubai were building major infrastructure to cater to the growing market and luring Australian health professionals with big salaries. "They're looking for pools of talent that have high levels of training and experts who preferably speak English, so Australia is a prime target," Australian Tourism Export Council managing director Matt Hingerty told the Daily Telegraph.