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Amendments To The Medical Act Needed

Dr Kelvin Yii, MP, Bandar Kuching

16-Apr-24 08:45

Amendments To The Medical Act Needed

Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad has said that the proposed amendments to the Medical Act 1971 or Act 50, which aim to address the gap between the parallel pathway programme and the local master’s medicine programme is almost ready. However will this resolve the imbroglio? Dr. Kelvin Yii, MP, Bandar Kuching gives us his perspective whilst weighing in on the state of public hospitals and how it can be improved.

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Produced by: Chin Wai Lun

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam


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Categories:  Law/Activism,  controversies,  health policy

Tags:  Medical act,  pathway to specialty,  doctors,  health medical policy, 


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