KUALA LUMPUR: Newly-registered pharmacists will have to undergo a three-year mandatory service in the public sector from early next year to help overcome the shortage faced by public health institutions, Health Minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng said.
He said the Cabinet approved the ministry's proposal several weeks ago to amend the Registration of Pharmacists Act 1951, which would be tabled at the next Parliament sitting in September.
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