Time to do away with outdated ruling for our doctors

MALAYSIAN doctors who graduate from British universities are frustrated by the Malaysian Medical Council’s (MMC) outdated ruling for compulsory housemanship in paediatrics and obstetrics.

Medical students in Britain do housemanship in two disciplines of their choice after graduating and are registered in medical councils there.

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