Medical Act amendments should resolve parallel pathway issue, says Health Minister


KUALA LUMPUR: The amendments to the Medical Act will hopefully be the much-needed resolution to the conflict and polemic that has arisen with the parallel pathway programme and the recognition of specialists qualification, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

“Many were waiting for us to resolve the irregularities that had affected four graduates of the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS Ed) (for cardiothoracic) in terms of their eligibility in being included to the National Specialist Register (NSR),” the Health Minister said while tabling the Bill for the second reading in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday (July 16).

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