‘Specialists needed in all areas’


PETALING JAYA: The persistent shortage of medical specialists in the country needs to be urgently addressed, say stakeholders.

With the Health Ministry’s target of 28,000 specialists by 2030 looking increasingly unattainable, they say there is a need to increase the number, especially in fields such as cardiothoracic surgery and emergency medicine.

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