TAPAH,
Perak - The Health Ministry has
identified 22 public and private universities which will provide specialist
medical services in 22 district hospitals nationwide.
Minister
Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the universities were among 33 public and
private universities in the country that offer medical courses.
He
described it as a smart partnership as the hospitals would provide all the
necessary facilities while the universities would send their lecturers who are
also medical experts with various specialisations.
He said
the collaboration would result in more patients receiving specialist treatment
with a shorter waiting period.
"It
is a win-win solution for the ministry, universities and the public," he
said after witnessing the signing of the smart partnership between the ministry
and nine universities at the Tapah Hospital yesterday.
The
ministry was represented by its secretary-general Datuk Kamarul Zaman Md Isa
while the nine universities were represented by their vice-chancellors or top
officials.
The
nine universities that inked the partnership agreement were Universiti Tunku
Abdul Rahman that would provide specialist medical service at the Tapah
Hospital, Management and Science University (Kuala Kubu Baru Hospital), Perdana
University (Bentong Hospital), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Serian Hospital),
UCSI University (Dungun Hospital), Lincoln University College (Lahad Datu
Hospital), Allianze University College of Medical Sciences (Kepala Batas
Hospital), Melaka Manipal Medical College (Jasin Hospital) and Mahsa University
College (Tanjung Karang Hospital).
Liow
said the signing ceremony with the remaining 13 universities would be held
later.
"The
partnership will help ease congestion at main hospitals and increase the bed
occupancy rate at district hospitals," he said, adding that priority areas
include internal medicine, general surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and
gynaecology, orthopedic and anaesthesiology.
Roshidi
Abu Samah
The
Star/Asia News
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