alicea and her two daughters returned home in march. since then, she has struggled to find doctors who can treat them. >> ( translated ): we need pediatricians, we need neurologists, and we need genetists. before, we were able to get to e.me doctors, but now it has been impossi we can't get them to come here. and their condition is degenerative, so they get worse and worse. so, i need to know what, as a mother, can i do for them? >> reporter: alicea says her daughters recently started getting bedsores. they're in pain, she says, and haven't seen a doctorince they returned to puerto rico. physicians are in short supply here. dr. jose cruz, a pediatrician, says the island's ongoing financial crisis and low payments from health insurers drove many physicians to seek work in the states. and cruz says the hurr badly damaged doctors' offices, e'quiring costly repairs. >> so tha lot of money heat the pediatrician lost, and they just madeecision and 06ft, left to united states. >> reporter: from o 2016, the number of doctors here declined from

. >> sreenivasan: a year ago, brenda alicea was unemployed and having a tough time finding work in her town of san lorenzo, puerto rico. in the midst of the largest financial crisis in the island's history, job pspects dimmed by the day on the u.s. territory. then, her brother-in-law told ty of jobswere pl here in branson, missouri. located in the ozarks, it's the self-proclaimed "las vegas of the midwest." the city of about 11,000 residents sees up to nine million tourists every season. but it also faces a labor shortage, with around 2,000 job vacancies, mostly in hospitality. >> one of the challenges we have in branson is that we have lots of jobsecause we are a hospitality town. >> sreenivasan: starting in early 2017, en before hurricane maria, branson's major employers and its chamber of commerce launched an island-wide recruitment campaign in puerto rico, hoping to woo seasonal workers. >> it's very peaceful. you have a lot of nature, and that's what we were looking for. at least, what i'm looking for. >> sreenivasan: she moved to branson last september, and woed as a housekeeper,

>> reporter: alicea says her daughters recently started getting bedsores. they're in pain, she says, and haven't s seen a doctce they returned to puerto rico. physicians are in short supply here. jose cruz, a pediatricia says the island's ongoing financial crisis and low payments from health insurers drove manyhysicians to seek work in the states. and cruz says the hurricane badly damaged doctors' offices, requiring costly repairs. >> so there's a lot of money that the pediatrician lost, and they just made the decision and left, left to united states. >> reporter: from 2006 to 2016, the number of doctors here declined from 14,000 to 9,000. families who lost their doctors are filling up waiting rooms, like here at a varmed pediatric clinic in bayamÓn, a suburb of san juan. physicians say running a medical practice is a losing business in n'erto rico. at san jorge childhospital in san juan, a pediatrician lerning about $89,000 a yean dois salary just by moving to the states. the low salaries reflect the utland's widesprd poverty. nearly twof three children, a

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alicea discusses the risks and opportunities that affect the property market as some are calling forns in hong kong. we will see if the bears once again get the fight -- defied. this is bloomberg. ♪ here init is 8:00 a.m. hong kong. we are live. welcome to "daybreak asia." the top stories -- asia-pacific markets feeling modest gains despite a jump on wall street and strong earnings from googles parent, alphabet. and i am kathleen hays in new york. china rejects president trump's claim of currency manipulation. beijing says exchange rates are determined by the market. smooth sailing? we look at the courses for dry shipping. yvonne: it looks like we are seeing a lot more damage when it comes to the bond market with and the speculation that they may be tweaking their policies. we did a survey from bloomberg and they said the boj will not change policy at any time but the bond markets and traders there are thinking otherwise. kathleen: the challenge will be for the bank of japan, and the governor of -- and governor kuroda, to tweak the policy. there are concerns for regional banks. can t