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MORE THAN 32,900 DOCTORS SERVING IN MALAYSIA AS OF LAST YEAR
MELAKA, June 2 (Bernama) -- There are 32,979 doctors serving in the country
as of last year, with 22,429 of them working in the public sector, Health
Director-General, Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said.
The number provided a doctor to population ratio of 1:827, he said, adding
that the Health Ministry was targetting a ratio of 1:400 by 2020.
Speaking to reporters after opening the International Malaysian Medical
Students Conference at the Melaka-ManipalMedical College here Thursday, Dr Hasan
said out of the total number of doctors working in the public sector, 19,429 of
them were with the Health Ministry.
The remaining are with other government agencies like the public
universities, the Defence Ministry and the Housing and Local Government
Ministry, he added.
On shortage of doctors, he said, efforts were being made by the Health
Ministry to bring back Malaysian specialist doctors who were working abroad, as
well as to employ on contract basis foreign specialist doctors, like from Egypt
and India.
"We have shortage of doctors in Sabah and Sarawak because many doctors want
to be in the peninsula, especially the Klang valley area," he added.
He said there were 1,339 government doctors in Sabah state and 1,254
government doctors in Sarawak state.
"Besides the shortage of doctors in Sabah and Sarawak, we are also facing
shortage of specialist doctors nationwide," he added.
However, he believed that with the presence of 33 medical institutions in
the country currently, including 11 owned by the government, Malaysia would be
able to produce more doctors.
The ministry is targetting to produce 4,500 housemen this year, he said,
adding that in an effort to produce more specialist doctors, the ministry, with
the collaboration of several local universities, had increased the number of
places for Master's degree to 727 this year.
On the hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), Dr Hasan said there had been no
report on the spread of the disease in the country this week.
as of last year, with 22,429 of them working in the public sector, Health
Director-General, Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said.
The number provided a doctor to population ratio of 1:827, he said, adding
that the Health Ministry was targetting a ratio of 1:400 by 2020.
Speaking to reporters after opening the International Malaysian Medical
Students Conference at the Melaka-ManipalMedical College here Thursday, Dr Hasan
said out of the total number of doctors working in the public sector, 19,429 of
them were with the Health Ministry.
The remaining are with other government agencies like the public
universities, the Defence Ministry and the Housing and Local Government
Ministry, he added.
On shortage of doctors, he said, efforts were being made by the Health
Ministry to bring back Malaysian specialist doctors who were working abroad, as
well as to employ on contract basis foreign specialist doctors, like from Egypt
and India.
"We have shortage of doctors in Sabah and Sarawak because many doctors want
to be in the peninsula, especially the Klang valley area," he added.
He said there were 1,339 government doctors in Sabah state and 1,254
government doctors in Sarawak state.
"Besides the shortage of doctors in Sabah and Sarawak, we are also facing
shortage of specialist doctors nationwide," he added.
However, he believed that with the presence of 33 medical institutions in
the country currently, including 11 owned by the government, Malaysia would be
able to produce more doctors.
The ministry is targetting to produce 4,500 housemen this year, he said,
adding that in an effort to produce more specialist doctors, the ministry, with
the collaboration of several local universities, had increased the number of
places for Master's degree to 727 this year.
On the hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), Dr Hasan said there had been no
report on the spread of the disease in the country this week.
