PENANG: Malaysia spends RM40mil a year on foreign doctors but is not getting the expected standard of healthcare service from them, the Health Ministry said.
Parliamentary secretary Lee Kah Choon said between 10% and 20% of the 700 foreign doctors in the country had to be repatriated because of sub-standard performance.
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