4,151 vacancies for doctors
THE Government needs to fill 4,151 vacancies for doctors this year to improve the present ratio of one doctor to 1,755 patients, according to Berita Harian.
Health Ministry parliamentary secretary Lee Kah Choon said the Government needed new doctors as the present 9,313 doctors in service were not sufficient to meet the needs of the people.
“We are presently engaging the services of 93 local medical officers and 723 foreign specialists on contract basis to meet the shortfall,” he said at Parliament House.
Lee was quoted as saying that the highest number of foreign medical officers on contract were from India (268), Pakistan (167), Egypt (122), Myanmar (84) and Bangladesh (29) while the rest were from other countries.
He also said the Government was giving out contracts to specialists and non-specialists who had retired to meet the shortfall.
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