Visa waiver program lets foreign doctors stay in U.S.
Saturday, May 29, 2004
Late last year, Syed Hashmi, a Pakistani doctor who had recently completed his internal medicine residency in Chicago, was facing the unwelcome prospect of having to return to Pakistan. At the same time, Midtown Family Medical Clinic in Cape Girardeau had dimming prospects of finding a physician to help staff its low-income clinic.
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