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Two kinds of story, both first-person and both checked by our team: scam stories — how it started, what was promised, what it cost — and student stories from verified students already abroad, showing the help they provide and what they wish they'd known. Every story is mapped to the college, city and country it concerns. Cases marked 📰 From the news are compiled by our team from published reporting, with sources linked — not first-person accounts.
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Greece abolished its specialised health inspectorate, SEYYP, under law 4622/2019 and handed its inspection powers to the National Transparency Authority (EAD),…
📍 Athens, Greece
Hungary's state hospitals answer to the National Directorate General for Hospitals (OKFŐ), and anyone taking part in care on a ward is supposed to be identifie…
📍 Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Small towns in the Czech Republic struggle to recruit general practitioners, and Hostomice, near Teplice in the Ústí nad Labem region, had been looking for one…
📍 Hostomice, Czech Republic
In Bulgaria a doctor's right to call himself a specialist rests on a certificate issued by a medical university after years of residency, and clinics are expec…
📍 Sofia, Bulgaria
Poland is one of Europe's main destinations for doctors trained outside the European Union, and since 2020 the Ministry of Health has been able to grant them a…
📍 Łódź, Poland
Taiwan's National Health Insurance reimburses dental clinics for treatment given by licensed dentists, and the Physicians Act makes practising medicine or dent…
📍 Kinmen, Taiwan
Indonesia requires every doctor to hold a Surat Tanda Registrasi (STR) issued by the Indonesian Health Council (KKI), and the Indonesian Doctors Association (I…
📍 Pekanbaru, Indonesia
In Malaysia a doctor must hold registration with the Malaysian Medical Council and renew an Annual Practising Certificate (APC) every year before treating pati…
📍 Shah Alam, Malaysia
China's National Health Commission runs a public online query system for licensed physicians, which patients, employers and foreign students at Chinese medical…
📍 Huainan, China
Thailand's Medical Profession Act makes it an offence to practise medicine without a licence from the Medical Council of Thailand, and a licence from another c…
📍 Bangkok, Thailand
Viet Nam licenses doctors through practice certificates, and a clinic's operating licence names the practitioners who are supposed to be on the floor. A recurr…
📍 Da Nang, Viet Nam
Taiwan does not let a foreign dental or medical degree translate directly into practice. When the Abc Dental Alliance case surfaced in June 2024, the Ministry …
📍 Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Australia's registered health practitioners are overseen by Ahpra, the national regulator, but people who sell injections or 'treatments' with no registration …
📍 Melbourne, Australia
Australia registers every nurse, midwife, doctor and paramedic through a single national scheme run by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, Ah…
📍 Bundaberg, Australia
Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C. is a school its dean says has shaped the face of American medicine for 158 years, and it draws applic…
📍 Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, D.C., United States of America
In the United States a medical school's standing rests on the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, whose accreditation underpins graduates' eligibility for …
📍 Nashville, United States of America
Medical regulators in the United States keep public licence registers, but patients increasingly meet doctors first on social media, where a white coat and a c…
📍 Montgomery, United States of America
For doctors across South Asia the United States Medical Licensing Examination is the road to American residency, and ECFMG certification depends on it. Accordi…
📍 Kathmandu, Nepal
A directory row says "agent X, overcharge". A story says how the WhatsApp group started, what the "university letter" looked like, when the fee changed, and what finally gave it away. That's what makes the next family pause before they transfer money.
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