TO become medical specialists in Malaysia, doctors typically either enrol for a master of medicine (MMed) programme at a local university or opt for the parallel pathway.Whichever choice they make, there are a set of requirements to fulfil. If they opt for the former, they are required to apply for a fully paid study leave, besides meeting entry requirements.
Thursday, 21 Jan 2021 08:14 PM MYT
BY KEERTAN AYAMANY
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya on January 19, 2021. Picture by Miera Zulyana
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 The Health Ministry has decided to establish a Covid-19 Assessment Centre that will categorise patients by symptom severity in a bid to take some strain of the country’s public healthcare system.
During a press conference today, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Covid-19 patients will be placed according to their risk of becoming severely or critically ill.