Specialists’ fate up in the air

Skin Check Malaysia founder and medical director Dr Khoo Lee Seng says the MMC and the process of admissions into the NSR need to be more transparent.

PHYSICIANS who completed the Parallel Pathway Programme (PPP) but were denied entry to the National Specialist Register (NSR) include those who did their residency or training overseas.

Almost all private hospitals require their specialist practitioners to be on the NSR. Insurance companies also tend not to cover treatment by practitioners not on the NSR.