Health minister: Draft of amendment bill to resolve parallel pathway issue with AGC

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Dzulkefly Ahmad,Health Minister,Attorney Generals Chambers AGC

BALIK PULAU, June 7 — The draft amendment bill for Medical Act 1971 (Act 50) to resolve the issue of registering medical doctors who obtain specialist qualifications through the...

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad said several engagement sessions will also be held with the Malaysian Qualifications Agency , the Malaysian Medical Council , the Ministry of Higher Education and other stakeholders before it is presented to the Cabinet.

“At the recent Cabinet meeting, the Minister of Higher Education and I jointly presented a Cabinet Memorandum related to the specialist training or parallel pathway issue. The parallel pathway issue gained public attention when the Malaysian Medical Association requested Universiti Teknologi MARA to admit non-Bumiputera medical officers wishing to receive specialised training in the field of cardiothoracic, similar to how the institution accepts international students.

On another matter, Dzulkefly said all 194 member countries of the World Health Organisation have been given 10 months to review the targeted amendments to the International Health Regulations agreed upon at the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on June 1.

 

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