Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad speaks during the oral question and answer session at Dewan Rakyat July 1, 2024. ― Bernama picKUALA LUMPUR, July 1 ― The Ministry of Health is studying several proposed new policies on the appointment and placement of medical officers through its Human Resource Reform programme.
“We are now restructuring to fine-tune the new policies under our human resource reform to tackle the problems, shortage and maldistribution in a single Human Resource Reform policy which would be reviewed,” he said during the oral question and answer session at Dewan Rakyat today.He was replying to a question by Datuk Seri Sh Mohmed Puzi Sh Ali who wanted to know the current doctor and patient ratio as well as aggressive efforts in dealing with the critical shortage of medical officers.
He said it included increasing medical graduate training slots at MoH from 10,835 in 2013 to 12,198 slots this year in addition to collaborating with various parties including the Ministry of Higher Education and the private sector to attract students to study medicine.“Based on the 2023 Health Indicators issued by the Ministry of Health, the ratio of doctors to residents in 2022 has reached a ratio of one doctor to 412 residents compared to a ratio of one doctor to 758 residents in 2012.