CAMERON HIGHLANDS: The Government is planning to give incentives to private hospitals that employ fresh graduates from nursing colleges, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
He said the move is aimed at encouraging private hospital to absorb nurses who had passed the Malaysia Nursing Board examination.
"By offering incentives to private hospitals, we hope they would be more willing to employ new nurses," he told reporters after meeting Tringkap residents here on Saturday.
Private hospitals also play an important role to train new nurses, he added.
"This would be a solution to reduce private hospitals from pinching experienced nurses from the Health Ministry," he said.
He said he would soon be announcing more details about the scheme the Ministry has come up with.
Touching on the quality of nurses in Malaysia, Liow said nurses had lived up to the expectation of the healthcare sector.
"It is unfair to say Malaysian nurses are lack of quality.
"If they have passed the examination, that means they have acquired sufficient healthcare knowledge," he said.
He was commenting on a special news reporting by a television channel that claimed nurses in the country were not up to standard.
He said nurses, especially fresh graduates from nursing colleges, require clinical exposure to enhance their clinical expertise.
The Government is also studying at recruiting nurses to undergo 1Malaysia Training Scheme to improve their skills, he added.
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