Nothing to fret over parallel pathway specialists’ quality, says senator

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Dr RA Lingeshwaran says prominent specialists have gone through the programme which has been around for decades.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/07/21/nothing-to-fret-over-parallel-pathway-specialists-quality-says-senator/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ParallelPathwayProgramme #RALingeswaran #LeeBoonChye

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00:00There should be no concern about the quality of medical specialists from the Parallel Pathway

00:07program given the high standards they must meet for certification, says a senator.

00:13Dr. R.A. Lingeswaran said the health ministry also had a six-month gazettement process to

00:19vet the quality of the budding specialists before they are registered.

00:23Lingeswaran, a former director of the Soya Bakap Hospital in Penang, said this ensures

00:28all graduates, regardless of whether they are from local master's programs or foreign

00:33fellowships, meet a certain set of standards.

00:37On Wednesday, Perikatan Nasional's R.O.M.P, Shahidan Qasim, claimed that amendments to

00:42the Medical Act 1971 would see an increase in the number of medical specialists in Malaysia

00:48but also less consistency in their overall quality.

00:51He said the Malaysia Medical Council should not have the ultimate power to recognize specialists,

00:56calling instead for prospective specialists to go through the Malaysian Qualifications

01:01Agency before the MMC.

01:03Meanwhile, former Deputy Health Minister Dr. Lee Boon Chye said the Malaysian Qualifications

01:08Agency's recognition can be part of the requirement but maintained that it should not be mandatory.

01:15The cardiologist said the additional MQA requirement would be counterintuitive since Malaysia was

01:20still facing a serious shortage of specialists.

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