We’re losing our best brains to other countries

AS we observe another batch of overseas trained medical students graduate this year-end, the thought of Malaysia losing another batch of government-sponsored doctors – ie, Public Service Department (better known by its Malay acronym, JPA) or Mara-sponsored – to developed nations like Britain and Australia becomes a reality.

Every year around this time, medical internships are offered to the best qualified international medical graduates, a large number of whom are the creme de la creme of our scholars studying in presti­gious universities under PSD scho­larships.