Tag: Medical Act amendment bill

18 July 2024

Medical Act Amendment Marks New Chapter In Malaysian Health Care — Malaysian Medical Association

MMA says passage of the Medical Act amendment in the Dewan Rakyat is a milestone that will contribute significantly to elevating the quality of health care in Malaysia, ensuring patient safety, and maintaining the high standards of the medical profession.

11 July 2024

Letter

Memorandum To The Health Minister And Health Parliament Committee On The Parallel Pathway — 10 Academics And NGO Representatives

In a memo to the Health Minister and Health Parliament Committee on the parallel pathway, 10 academics and NGO reps (including NCWO, a surgeons' society, UM's medical dean, HASA director, and G70 professors) say there's no need to amend the Medical Act.

13 June 2024

Letter

Joint Cabinet Memorandum: A Milestone For Medical Specialist Training In Malaysia — AMM

The proposed amendments to the Medical Act will allow both Master's programmes and parallel pathways for specialist training to be implemented more systematically from the legal perspective.

6 June 2024

Malaysia

Professors’ Group Wants Stakeholder Engagements Before Medical Act Amendments Tabled

The Group of Professors of Health and Medicine demands stakeholder engagements before Medical Act amendments are tabled in Parliament, accusing Cabinet of allowing foreign education institutions to conduct activities that threaten national sovereignty.

6 June 2024

Malaysia

Dzulkefly: Pending Cabinet Approval, Medical Act Amendment Bill Planned For Upcoming Parliament Meeting

Dr Dzul says that pending Cabinet approval of the Medical Act amendment bill, it will be tabled in the upcoming Parliament meeting to ensure more "regularised" implementation of the parallel pathway and local Master's programs, promising quality assurance.

5 June 2024

Malaysia

Parallel Pathway: Cabinet Memo On Bill Expected Soon, Parliament Tabling Date Uncertain

Fahmi Fadzil says today's Cabinet meeting made a decision on the parallel pathway issue, but another Cabinet memo on the bill itself, which he didn't specify, is expected soon. He adds the bill may be tabled in an upcoming or subsequent Parliament meeting.

5 June 2024

Malaysia

Parallel Pathway ‘Highest Form Of Apprenticeship’: Ipoh Timor MP

Ipoh Timor MP Howard Lee describes the parallel pathway as the "highest form of apprenticeship", slamming the "monopolisation" of recognition and accreditation of local Master's programmes in medicine. He says both parallel pathway and Master's are needed.

7 May 2024

Malaysia

Subra: Parallel Pathway War ‘Blessing In Disguise’

Former Health Minister Dr S. Subramaniam welcomes the open war over the parallel pathway. "It is a blessing in disguise because it has brought into open a debate on an issue which was simmering for too long, with different groups having different views".

3 May 2024

Malaysia

‘Life-And-Death’ Justifies Minister’s Interference Into Medical Profession: Senator

Senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran says the health minister should have overriding powers over decisions made by the Malaysian Medical Council in issues of “life and death". Lingeshwaran believes Section 14 of the Medical Act will be revised in the amendment bill.

19 April 2024

Malaysia

Medical Act Amendment Bill Gains Steam With Proposed MOH-MOHE Cabinet Memo

The proposed Medical Act amendment bill is gaining momentum, after both Health Minister Dr Dzul and Higher Education Minister Zambry Kadir decided at a meeting yesterday to submit a joint memorandum to Cabinet soon to resolve the parallel pathway conflict.

Tag: Medical Act amendment bill

Medical Act Amendment Marks New Chapter In Malaysian Health Care — Malaysian Medical Association

Memorandum To The Health Minister And Health Parliament Committee On The Parallel Pathway — 10 Academics And NGO Representatives

Joint Cabinet Memorandum: A Milestone For Medical Specialist Training In Malaysia — AMM

Professors’ Group Wants Stakeholder Engagements Before Medical Act Amendments Tabled

Dzulkefly: Pending Cabinet Approval, Medical Act Amendment Bill Planned For Upcoming Parliament Meeting

Parallel Pathway: Cabinet Memo On Bill Expected Soon, Parliament Tabling Date Uncertain

Parallel Pathway ‘Highest Form Of Apprenticeship’: Ipoh Timor MP

Subra: Parallel Pathway War ‘Blessing In Disguise’

‘Life-And-Death’ Justifies Minister’s Interference Into Medical Profession: Senator

Medical Act Amendment Bill Gains Steam With Proposed MOH-MOHE Cabinet Memo

LIAM CEO Stunned By 13-Page Hospital Bill For RM19,000 Minor Hernia Surgery

UM’s Medical Faculty Targets 200 Graduates Annually Despite Declining Interest In Medicine

APHM: Insurance Industry Makes ‘Big Profits’, But Private Hospitals’ Revenue ‘Carefully Controlled’

Protection For Female Doctors In Malaysian Public Hospitals — Klang Valley Specialist

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