Subra: Amending act a way to check on medical grads

SUBANG JAYA: Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam is concerned about the standard of foreign medical graduates seeking to practise here and may make amendments to the Medical Act 1971 to improve this situation. "We (the ministry) are looking at how we can address this issue, one of which is to make amendments to the act. "It should be mandatory to see that a minimum requirement is met when taking up a medical course, apart from having a recognised degree to practise here." Dr Subramaniam said this in response to the deans' council of the Medical Faculties of Public Universities' call for the setting up of a task force to re-examine medical education in light of the proliferation of medical schools and oversupply of inadequately trained graduates. The council had cautioned that the standard of medical practice in the country could fall further if the issue was not redressed urgently. It added that Malaysia had the highest number of medical schools per million people in the world. Read more: Subra: Amending act a way to check on medical grads - General - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/subra-amending-act-a-way-to-check-on-medical-grads-1.406100#ixzz2lBrQ1lnN

Subra: Amending act a way to check on medical grads

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