ON NATIONAL SERVICE: (June 10) Some 8,000 private doctors and specialists nationwide will have to perform a stipulated number of hours of compulsory service in government hospitals every year, said Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek. Their services are necessary to help lessen the heavy workload of doctors and specialists now working in government hospitals and for them to gain more experience, he said.
TAINTED MEAT: (June 9) The Government plans to crack down on local farmers who have been using beta-agonist – a drug listed under the poisons schedule – to produce more marketable lean meat. Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said beef and pork with residues of this drug could be harmful to humans.
