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Clinical work made compulsory for hospital directors and health officers

KUALA LUMPUR: Clinical work is now compulsory for about 300 district-level hospital directors and health officers as part of the Health Ministry's efforts to boost its human resources.

Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said these doctors should handle management and administration besides clinical governance.

"Doing clinical work will increase their knowledge and skills. It will be a condition as part of their competency evaluation for promotion.

"Their clinical work will be incorporated into the competency level. If they don't do it, it will be susahlah (difficult). This will also lower the perception that doctors who are directors are only warming their seats," he told reporters on Monday after meeting state health officers, hospital directors and division officers.