120 Non-performing Foreign Docs Sent Back, Dewan Rakyat Told

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 (Bernama) -- One hundred and twenty foreign doctors have been sent back home for poor work performance, Health Ministry parliamentary secretary Datuk Lee Kah Choon told the Dewan Rakyat Thursday.
Disciplinary problems like coming late for work and different expectations when posted to the interior areas were among the reasons, he said.
"These problems arose only after they had been paid," he said when replying to a supplementary question from Wong Nai Chee (BN-Kota Melaka).
Before foreign doctors were hired, they went through a stringent selection procedure such as interviews at the country of origin and after their arrival in Malaysia and worked under an experienced doctor, he said.
Replying to the original question from Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong (BN-Segambut), Lee said the ministry had taken several measures, including automatically re-appointing retired specialists and doctors to continue serving with the ministry in an effort to tide over the shortage of doctors.