Parliament: Reply by Health Ministry on “Unrecognised Doctors”
27 May, 2008 - Question No. 33 (Written Reply)
Fong Po Kuan minta Menteri Kesihatan menyatakan apakah sebab-sebab Kementerian enggan mengakui dan menerima lebih kurang 200 orang pelajar lulusan kedoktoran dari universiti luar negara yang tidak diakui sijil kelulusan mereka. Mengapakah mereka tidak diterima untuk menangani kekurangan doktor di dalam negara.
Akta Perubatan 1971 telah menetapkan bahawa individu yang berhak mendaftar dengan Majlis Perubatan Malaysia perlu mempunyai kelulusan yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual Kedua Akta tersebut yang merupakan senarai institusi pengajian perubatan yang diiktiraf. Majlis Perubatan Malaysia dengan kerjasama agensi-agensi kerajaan berkepentingan yang lain, telah mengolah satu bentuk piawaian bagi menilai sesebuah institusi pengajian perubatan berdasarkan keperluan dan kehendak negara.
Sebelum mengiktiraf sesebuah institusi pengajian perubatan, lawatan akan diadakan ke institusi tersebut. Pengiktirafan hanya akan diberikan sekiranya institusi tersebut memenuhi syarat-syarat dan kriteria yang telah ditetapkan di dalam piawaian. Ini bertujuan bagi memastikan institusi tersebut mampu menghasilkan lulusan perubatan yang berwibawa dengan pengetahuan dan kemahiran minimum yang mencukupi bagi seseorang itu untuk mengamal perubatan secara selamat tanpa membahayakan pesakit.
Walau bagaimanapun, Akta yang sama juga memberikan peruntukan kepada para graudan dari universiti yang tidak diiktiraf, di mana mereka akan diberikan peluang untuk menduduki Ujian Kelayakan Perubatan sehingga tiga kali bagi memastikan mereka juga mempunya tahap pengetahuan dan kemahiran minimum yang menepati kehendak negara. Sekiranya mereka lulus dalam ujian tersebut, mereka akan diterima berdaftar dengan MPM dan seterusnya dibenarkan mengamal.
Kebanyakan daripada 200 orang lulusan kedoktoran yang dimaksudkan telahpun menduduki ujian berkenaan dan mereka didapati telah gagal dalam ujian berkenaan walaupun setelah diberikan peluang untuk mendudukinya sehingga tiga kali, lantas mereka telah kehabisan peluang. Oleh yang demikian, berdasarkan kegagalan mereka jelas menunjukkan bahawa tahap pengetahuan dan kemahiran perubatan mereka diragui. Walau bagaimanapun, atas dasar keprihatinan kepada mereka yang terlibat, Kabinet baru-baru ini telah meluluskan cadangan daripada Menteri Kesihatan supaya semua graduan universiti yang tidak diiktiraf, diberikan peluang secara one-off untuk menjalani perpindahan kredit dengan institusi diiktiraf bagi memastikan bahawa mereka mendapat latihan yang mencukupi.
YB Fong,
It is an argument against the local doctors whether they do qualify too to pass the exam??? I bet their not!
Comment by dap admire — May 27, 2008 @ 8:16 pm
YB,
PLs tell them to “DIIKTIRAF” those graduated for the Uni that has higher RANKING than UM and UKM. As simple as it.
Comment by xtheman — May 27, 2008 @ 11:16 pm
What piawaian? When our own universities’ standard is not even close to the top 200 in the world, how can they say that the foreign university is not recognised?
There is an ulterior motive for not recognising and that is the RACE factor! To solve shortage they bring in doctors from Muslim countries.
With more local doctors coming from a particular race, the quality of doctors are seriously degraded and we are experiencing fatal cases.
Comment by Scorpion — May 28, 2008 @ 4:21 am
Tell Future Aspiring Doctors to go to those Recognised Universities in Australia, England, USA, New Zealand, Canada. I cannot believe that in these age of knowledge these “Rich Parents” wanting their children to be doctors keeps sending and forcing kids to those FRINGES school of medicine.
Instead of trying to get reconition for these few…..Play wedge politics on the Malaysia Medical Association by having them declare how many cover up on Death in Hospital, Negligience in Private Hospital that goes unreported.
Start a Royal Commission campaign on “genetile mutilation”….if it happens in Australia, Britain…..Is Malaysia whose systems are so much worst immune to these MALPRACTICE. Have women and people who have been CONNED by the Private Hospital Via Artificially keeping people alive for the sake of earning those few Ten of thousands of dollars just to give FALSE Hope…….in the name of waiting for loved ones come and see them.
Malaysian Doctors too have lost their code of ethics over money…….there are exception of course. Then why not promote those Exceptional Doctors, retain their talent and form a COALITION Private Hospital that upholds those code of ethics and keep doctors from leaving Malaysia…..food for thoughht
Comment by bumi non malay — May 28, 2008 @ 8:06 am
Be sensible. The medical board needs to filter the thousand of medical schools to safeguard, you and me, we Malaysian. It cannot just recognize any universities without basis. I bet the medical board from Singapore, Australia, UK, US, Europe, Japan did not recognize medical graduates from those universities. Don’t politicize thing just for the sake of asking question. It’s just plainly stupid and a waste of parliament time.
Medical graduates from some Malaysian Universities are recognized by the Medical Board of Singapore; hence, we are not bad.
Comment by Coomoner — May 31, 2008 @ 11:51 pm