Consider This: Parallel Pathway — What’s The Future of Specialist Training?
What should be the future of medical specialist training in Malaysia? How do we best address the specialist shortage while ensuring standardised quality of medical education? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Dr Dayang Anita Abdul Aziz, Senior Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, and Dr Timothy Cheng, Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Duchess of Kent Sandakan Hospital in Sabah.
Fri May 31 2024
Parallel Pathway: MOH proposes swift amendments to Act 50
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said this was to address the shortage of medical specialists serving in government health facilities in the country.
Tue Apr 02 2024
Don't be duped by those claiming to be registered doctors, specialists - MMC
The MMC has advised the public not to be confused or deceived by certain parties claiming to be registered medical practitioners or medical specialists in Malaysia.
Wed Sep 28 2022
Tun M thanks medical experts at IJN, external medical specialists for his recovery
M'sians no longer needed to go abroad for treatment as the country already had doctors who could treat serious illnesses, Tun Mahathir said.
Tue Mar 29 2022
MOH confident of achieving 28,000 specialists target by 2030 - Dr Noor Azmi
MOH previously increased the Federal Training Prize sponsorship to enable more medical officers to further their studies.
Tue Sep 28 2021
PM's office denies Muhyiddin to seek cancer treatment, appoint DPM
PMO described such reports as malicious, saying the prime minister had been confirmed free from cancer by medical specialists who treated him.
Mon Jan 11 2021
MOH to send 11 more medical specialists to Sabah - Health DG
The Ministry of Health (MOH) will send 11 more medical specialists to serve in Sabah hospitals in the near future.
Mon Oct 12 2020
Malaysian medical team ready for deployment at Bangladesh field hospital
Sixty Health Ministry medical specialists and officers are on standby to be deployed to a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar.
Wed Oct 18 2017
PSD should review salary scales for health specialists - DPM
An action was needed to prevent the country from losing these specialists due to the hefty salaries being offered by other countries.
Sat Sep 16 2017
374 govt medical specialist posts still vacant
A total of 374 medical specialist posts are still vacant compared to 4,868 posts created to date, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Tue Nov 15 2016
More than 120 medical specialists resign every year - Dr Hilmi
Delays in being promoted are among the factors for the resignation of many medical specialists in the government sector.
Mon Nov 07 2016
No provision under Medical Act to allow specialists to amputate limbs
Datuk Seri Dr. S. Subramaniam has asked the Kelantan state government not to involve medical specialists in the implementation of hudud law.
Sun Apr 27 2014
Three teaching hospitals churn out 7,000 medical specialists - Najib
Three university teaching hospitals under the Education Ministry have produced more than 7,000 experts in various medical fields in the country, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
Fri Aug 23 2013
Experts tell flatulent flyers: let rip
A group of medical specialists has provided an answer to a dilemma that has faced flyers since the Wright brothers took to the air in 1903 -- is it okay to fart mid-flight?
Fri Feb 15 2013