Occupational health doctors needed
KUALA LUMPUR: There is an urgent need to increase the number of occupational health doctors, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn.
He said these doctors were needed to conduct pre-employment and pre-placement medical surveillance as diagnosis of some occupational diseases was often made at a late stage.
Currently, there are about 380 occupational health doctors registered with the Department of Occupational Safety and Health.
“A paradigm shift is needed here, where employers must realise the importance of early detection of deviations from health before there are obvious clinical manifestations,” he said after receiving an Honorary Fellowship of The Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, Ireland, at Legend Hotel here on Friday night.
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