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Unemployed Medical Grads a Symptom of Policy Breakdown

Dr. Michael Jeyakumar, Sungai Siput MP | Dr. Ashok Zachariah Philip, Malaysian Medical Association

21-Apr-16 08:05

Unemployed Medical Grads a Symptom of Policy Breakdown

There are too many medical graduates but too few specialists leaving healthcare needs unfulfilled. Doctors and specialists are lured by lucrative positions in the private sector. Medical qualifications have become a commercial, supply side focus while healthcare funding and proper policy are left wanting.


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Tags:  healthcare funding,  budget,  medical graduates,  social progammes,  social safety net,  unemployment


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