Nation's first woman Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa is open to advice from her predecessors

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PUTRAJAYA: The nation's first woman Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa is open to help offered by her predecessors.

PUTRAJAYA: The nation's first woman Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa is open to help offered by her predecessors.

"But as usual, as a newly appointed minister, I will get a briefing from my officers to see which are the policies that we can utilise, improve on or even reject," she told reporters after clocking at 8.30am for her first day of work at her office in the Health Ministry in Putrajaya on Monday . "At the end of the day, what we want is the best for the people and I am aware that this ministry gets the attention of the public attention because health is a basic need of the people," she said.

In a tweet Saturday , Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, who is also the Kuala Selangor MP, said his predecessor Khairy Jamaluddin had contacted him via WhatsApp to express his disappointment that he was overlooked for the post.Tagging Khairy in his tweet, Dr Dzulkefly said Khairy had messaged him to say he had wanted Dzulkefly back as the health minister.Khairy then stated his intention of working together with Dr Dzulkefly to help guide the new Health Minister.

 

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