PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has been ordered to simplify the bureaucratic process to expedite the filling of 4,352 positions at health facilities, including the appointment of contract doctors, says Datuk Fahmi Fadzil.
The Communications Minister, who is also the Madani government spokesperson, said the issue of the posts was raised by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the Cabinet meeting on Friday (July 25).
"The Prime Minister has requested that the bureaucratic process, which is seen as possibly causing this delay, be expedited, given that the ministry had originally expected most or all of the positions to only be filled by November.
"But the Prime Minister believes this is too late. So the process will be expedited," he said at the Weekly Media Conference here on Friday.
Fahmi said the filling of the posts needed to be expedited because there was an urgent need to fill more than 4,000 vacancies in the health sector.
He said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad had given a commitment that the filling of the posts would be shortened without compromising on procedures and would be expedited.
Last Wednesday, Anwar at the Appreciation Announcement for Malaysians said the government would expedite the filling of 4,352 posts in health facilities, including the appointment of contract doctors this year because there was an urgent need for the health care sector in the country.- Bernama
