Health minister promises to resolve 'parallel pathway' contradiction

Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad told the Dewan Negara yesterday that his ministry would find a solution to the case of specialists from the parallel pathway programme who are facing problems in being listed in the National Specialist Register of Malaysia (NSR).

He conceded that, at present, there appeared to be a contradiction given the Malaysian Medical Council’s (MMC) refusal to recognise qualifications from certain colleges, which has stirred controversy...