Docs in govt hospitals stretched by private students


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 25 May 2014

PETALING JAYA: Too many private medical programmes nationwide are over-taxing public teaching hospitals.

While the Education Ministry’s university hospital teaching staff taught mainly their students, the general hospitals under the Health Ministry doubled up as teaching hospitals for private university students, resulting in a heavy workload, said a source.

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