The tabling of amendments to the Medical Act 1971 will streamline the irregularities linked to the specialist training issues involving parallel pathways and local master’s degrees, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad in the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (June 27).
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00:00Thank you, Speaker. Thank you, Honourable Minister.
00:02I think this is quite a big responsibility for the largest stakeholder of the Malaysian people,
00:10more than 30 million people.
00:13What is the guarantee of quality for the experts who follow the PPP program,
00:17the MATCVS, AAM and KKM,
00:21which is not an entity that provides high education, high education provider,
00:26without accreditation from MQA?
00:30And is it not a mistake that the program violates the medical record and the MQA record?
00:37If it violates the record, why is it as if there is no action?
00:41There will be no action until now.
00:42Thank you, Speaker. Thank you, my friend, Kole Langat, who is so passionate
00:51to ask questions related to the parallel pathway question or what is called expertise training
00:59which we know has experienced a little debate and controversy in the public sphere with permission.
01:11What I want to say is that I have also been a negotiator on the issue of health specialization
01:18and I am convinced with what has happened so far.
01:21I have been handling this issue, Speaker, for more than two months
01:25since I took on this task.
01:30When I became the chairperson of IJNH, I have been in charge of investigating the parallel pathway
01:36of cardiothoracic surgery in Merai and when I returned as the minister,
01:42I handled it and have been involved in various matters.
01:47And finally, what I started to do was to involve the State Prosecutor's Office.
01:55After discussing almost everything, I can say, almost everything that is important,
02:01everyone is worth the salt, people who work with permission, I have been involved in handling it
02:06and we had discussions, discussions, and various things.
02:08I understand that this controversy is split between two parties,
02:14but as a minister, I will still take a neutral stand until now
02:20where the draft that has been made, the amendment, the 50-page memorandum,
02:26has reached a level where it is related to MMC, related to MMI, related to Dekan Majlis Perbatan
02:37and also almost everything, and we are in the process, even after I handed it over,
02:42after it was approved by the ministerial committee for this amendment to be made,
02:47the draft has been prepared and has been given to the State Prosecutor's Office.
02:52Then the State Prosecutor's Office has made a draft and the Blue Bill, the amendment,
02:56the 50-page memorandum, the Perbatan memorandum, is all ready and will be, God willing,
03:02we will have a few more committees, among other things, for us to issue to the authorities,
03:08the special health selection, and there have also been several committees there.
03:14That was the last round before the honorable committee saw the Blue Bill being put
03:21at the end of the third week, Mr. President, so that we can discuss it at the end of the fourth week
03:28for us to discuss, discuss, and pass.
03:30Because the public is waiting, the people are waiting, one, what I term as an irregularity
03:37that is not only related to the parallel pathway,
03:40even with the parallel pathway, we will be able to deal with it, and we will be able to make it
03:47so that we can achieve that order, and we will be able to deal with that irregularity
03:53in other words, moving forward, with the permission,
03:57the parallel pathway order, along with the order,
04:03the parallel pathway program, we will be able to determine and pass it,
04:09and with that, quality and quantity, cardiothoracic training,
04:15even 120 surgery programs, and also 14 parallel pathway programs,
04:20all of them will be able to be regularized with the permission of the irregularity,
04:24putting that order, Mr. President, to those who are not regulated before and after this.
04:29Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, my friends.