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Nearly 2,000 medical, pharmacy and dentistry graduates have passed their PSC screening and are waiting for their placement. FMTNews

The health ministry has increased the number of graduate training slots from 10,835 to 12,153.

With news from his seniors that he might have to wait for 10 months or more, Pang has been looking for jobs to earn some pocket money in the meantime.But he is worried that his medical knowledge and practical skills might get rusty. To help ease the situation, the health ministry has increased the number of graduate training slots from 10,835 to 12,153, raised the number of graduate training hospitals from 38 to 49 and increased the number of alternative disciplines from five to nine.

Ganabaskaran commended the government for setting a moratorium on new medical schools in 2010 and said it must stay for at least another 10 years as Malaysia has more medical schools per capita than Australia and Britain.

 

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