Hope for overseas docs to return

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IT was truly heartening to read our beloved prime minister’s comments about welcoming returning professionals, especially doctors, during a high tea reception with Malaysians living in Singapore earlier this week.

Many of these doctors do not come back because the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) refuses to recognise their basic medical degree. Thus, they have decided to settle in other countries where they are given the opportunity to practise.