Cabinet to discuss parallel pathway issue at next meeting, says Anwar

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Sunday (May 26) said that the Cabinet will discuss the cardiothoracic surgery postgraduate programme at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) at next meeting.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yu5k45x2   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The Cabinet is scheduled to discuss the cardiothoracic surgery postgraduate programme at University

00:07 Technology Mara, or UITM, at its next meeting.

00:10 "We'll discuss this Wednesday.

00:13 The Cabinet meeting is Wednesday."

00:15 Anwar said this after attending an event on Sunday.

00:18 The training of specialists through the Parallel Pathway is a government initiative to increase

00:23 the number of specialists in Malaysia, particularly in public hospitals.

00:28 The Health Ministry established this training programme in 2014, following approval from

00:33 the then Health Minister and relevant authorities.

00:36 The training and qualifications are government-approved and recognised, with quality assurance provided

00:41 by the Royal Colleges.

00:44 Earlier this month, four graduates from the Parallel Pathway training with the Royal College

00:48 of Surgeons of Edinburgh in cardiothoracic surgery took legal action against the Malaysian

00:54 Medical Council, or MMC, for refusing to register them on the National Specialist Register,

01:00 or NSR.

01:02 This marks the third known lawsuit challenging the MMC's rejection of NSR specialist registration

01:07 applications, with judicial review applications filed to contest the regulatory body's recent

01:13 non-recognition of certain specialist training programmes.

01:16 [END]

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