Greece and Peru are losing substantial portions of their very limited medical manpower through migration to the United States. Many other countries are sustaining significant losses. The immigration of foreign graduates now accounts for a substantial percentage (18 per cent) of the annual additions to the U.S. medical profession. We would have to build and operate about 12 medical schools to produce the manpower being derived through immigration (approximately 1.200 per year). The dollar value per year of this "foreign aid" to the United States approximately equals the total cost of all our medical aid. private and public. to foreign nations. Because they provide such invaluable information for consideration of this problem.
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