Dear future doctors!
Soon, we may be facing stiffer competition on our own shores. In the Asean Free Trade Area (AFTA) agreement signed by Tun Dr Mahathir in 1997, the government has committed itself in opening up the medical sector to ASEAN doctors by 2013. In short, this allows the free flow of doctors within the ASEAN region. While it is a good step in today's globalized world, it too has its own share of problems.
Read a newspaper report regarding this:
Local docs to face foreign challenge
See what's being discussed in the MMR.
The coming liberalisation of the medical sector
FPMPAM: Malaysia Not Ready For AFTA Healthcare Liberalization
And what our Federation of Private Medical Practitioner’s Association of Malaysia (FPMPAM) has to say:
Private docs: Proper regulatory set up needed
Also check out the opinion of a prominent blogger cum doctor in his blog, Heart of the Matter on:
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