Alternative pathways to overcome the lack of specialists in Sarawak

Vacancies for specialists: Sarawak hospitals are facing a shortage of specialists.

KUCHING: The Government is making efforts to step up the training of local doctors as specialists to overcome the shortage in Sarawak.

Assistant Health Minister Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said the Health Ministry had doubled the number of places for specialist Master’s programmes in the state from 300 to 600 starting this year.