Materia Medica Malaysiana

Foreign medical grads get chance

Medical graduates from unrecognised colleges will be able to undergo a one-off six-month training programme for a chance to become recognised doctors.
However, they will have to pass an examination at the end of their training.
The scheme will help graduates from foreign colleges become doctors if they have the necessary knowledge. They will receive a monthly allowance of RM500 during the training.
The programme is also open to some 200 undergraduates from unrecognised colleges who sat and failed the Medical Qualifying Examination conducted by Malaysian Medical Council.
The Health Ministry said the programme would include postings at major public hospitals.
Candidates are required to register with the MMC and pay a RM200 fee before May 14. The examination fee is to be paid later.
"The special training programme and examination is open to all graduates from unrecognised universities, even if they have exhausted all their opportunities to sit for the qualifying examination at their allocated universities.
"However, the 30 graduates from unrecognised medical colleges who opted to sue the Government are barred from pursuing the course," the statement said.
Candidates who do not wish to attend the course may sit for the medical qualifying exam conducted by Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti Malaya in October 2005.
They too are required to register with the MMC by May 14.
Completed forms should be sent either to the MMC’s main office at Level 2, Block E-1, Parcel E, Federal Government Administrative Office, 62590 Putrajaya, or the branch office at 3rd Floor, Block D, Ministry of Heath, Jalan Cenderasari, 52590 Kuala Lumpur.
Further information is available at 03-26947920 or 03-88831040.