Govt asked to look into plight of jobless doctors
(The Malay Mail) – THE government has been asked to look into the plight of about 300 doctors who have been left in the lurch because the Malaysian Medical Council does not recognise their foreign universities.
Hindraf national adviser N. Ganesan (pic) said the doctors graduated from unrecognised universities and are seeking the help of the government to resolve their predicament.
MMC conducted the Malaysian Qualifying Examinations (MQE) for doctors who graduated from unrecognised universities to vet their standards.
Universiti Malaya, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti Putra Malaysia conducted the six-month course but the doctors now claim the MMC has suspended the MQE without reason.
Ganesan was addressing a press conference with seven doctors who graduated from Romanian universities here yesterday.
A 32-year-old woman doctor, who declined to be named, said she returned in 2009 after undergoing six years of medical training and has been waiting for MMC to recognise her qualifications.
Another 27-year-old male doctor asked the government to give them a chance to serve the country and prove their abilities and skills.
“We have passed the standard set by the European Union and we took the effort to learn medicine in their language. We worked hard to be doctors and we hope the government will resolve our problem,” he said.
Ganesan said initially only the public universities conducted the courses but the MMC later allowed several private universities to conduct them since last year before it suspended the examinations in March.
He said the public universities initially charged RM1,850 for the examination but the fee had since gone up. Public universities had raised the fee to RM22,000 before it was suspended.
Ganesan said there were zero passes in the MQE at UM from 2009 until 2011 and there were only seven passes from UKM in 2011.
“The government should find a way to accommodate these doctors and establish a clear path for them,” he said.
