What’s up docs?
What’s up docs? It is unnerving that as many as 500 clinics operated by general practitioners (GPs) were estimated to have closed down between 2014 and 2016 due to poor business. So, where is the shortage of doctors in Malaysia as widely claimed? And the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) is worried that the situation may worsen. “But Malaysians are still pressuring their children to pursue medical degrees,” Gerakan Deputy Speaker Syed Abdul Razak Alsagoff. “Since there is an apparent glut in the number of GPs in Malaysia, why are parents, especially the Chinese community, continue to want their children to pursue the medical profession? “Why not keep up with the times, pursue academic and technical tertiary programmes that suit the innovative demands of technology and development?” he asked. (Read these for context: ( http://bukitlanjan.blogspot.my/2017/06/bukit-lanjan-pek-moh-urges-education.html ; http://bukitlanjan.blogspot.my/2017/06/bukit-lanjan-malaysia-needs-