Private hospitals urged to train own specialists

KUALA LUMPUR: Private hospitals need to train more specialists on their own to assist the government in tackling the shortage of specialist doctors in the country, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai Tuesday.

He said that, at the moment, the country had 5,000 specialist doctors and of this figure, 3,000 specialist doctors were now serving in the public sector.