Doctors about to retire will be re-employed, says Chua
SUNGAI PETANI: The Health Ministry will re-employ local doctors who are due for retirement to reduce the shortage in the country.
Minister Datuk Chua Soi Lek said the move would be implemented with immediate effect.
He said they would be recruited on a yearly contract basis and only those with good track records and had done clinical work would be re-employed.
He said there were about 800 foreign doctors employed by the Government now, adding that the new proposal did not mean that foreign doctors would not be recruited.
Earlier, Dr Chua said the operating budget for the public health sector had increased by six-fold this year compared with 1999, adding that the Government could no longer afford bear an increasing operating cost.
The Government had allocated between RM6mil and RM7mil yearly as operating and development budget for the health sector, adding that it had allocated RM7.8bil for the purpose next year.
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