Med students need sponsors
Muhyiddin chatting with some of the medical students of AUCMS at the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Muhyiddin, who is also the Education Minister, urged more private institutions of higher learning to join the Government in its effort to produce more medical graduates in the country.
KUALA LUMPUR: There are not enough public scholarships and education loans to sponsor Malaysian students who qualify to do medical degrees, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.
Apart from limited places in universities, Muhyiddin said many students were unable to pursue their dreams in the field due to the high cost of medical education.
“Public scholarships and education loans provided by the Government through the Public Service Department, National Higher Education Fund Corporation and Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara), are not enough to meet the high demand,” Muhyiddin said in his speech at the launch of the Allianze University College of Medical Sciences (AUCMS) medical education fund yesterday.
The event held at the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia here was witnessed by AUCMS president Datuk Dr Zainuddin Md Wazir and vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Mohammad Abd Razak.
Muhyiddin said the doctor to patient ratio of one to 900 in Malaysia had yet to reach the World Health Organisation standard of one to 600.
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At an earlier function, he advised civil servants to have a sense of urgency in understanding the needs of the people and executing them fast.
“The rakyat is monitoring and evaluating our efforts. Any negligence by us will result in the public service being evaluated negatively and considered irrelevant to the country’s development,” he said.
Source - TheStar
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