In Jawi, VC Says UiTM Formed Under Article 153 Of Federal Constitution

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In Jawi, UiTM VC Shahrin Sahib cites the UiTM Act that says UiTM was formed under Article 153 of the Federal Constitution. “It will continue to be defended for religion, race and country”, he says, amid backlash to opening UiTM-IJN CT postgrad to non-Bumi.
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Senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran says the health minister should have overriding powers over decisions made by the Malaysian Medical Council in issues of “life and death”. Lingeshwaran believes Section 14 of the Medical Act will be revised in the amendment bill.
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DAP's Senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran says 'life and death' issues justify giving the health minister powers superseding the MMC. Even though the proposed Medical Act amendments are still completely unknown, he believes Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara will 'definitely' pass the bill.

‘Life-And-Death’ Justifies Minister’s Interference Into Medical Profession: Senator

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Senator Lingeshwaran will back the Medical Act amendment bill even if it empowers the health minister to override MMC: 'The minister needs to put his foot down; this is life and death'. He urges Dr Dzul to brief parliamentarians on the bill a month ahead.
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Dr Dzul Wants AstraZeneca’s Explanation On Covid-19 Vaccine Side Effects

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Dr Dzul says MOH will seek an explanation from AstraZeneca, after admitting in a UK court that its Covid vaccine can cause “very rare” TTS. MOH clinical guideline says risk of getting blood clots is 100x greater in Covid infection than after vaccination.
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Former Health DG Prof Dr Mohamad Taha Arif, who was Dean of Medicine at Unimas, has died. The Sarawakian public health expert was involved in combating the Covid-19 pandemic, and Nipah and SARS outbreaks in Malaysia, with an interest in infectious disease.
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UiTM cardiothoracic surgeon Prof Dr Raja Amin reiterates MMC’s role in protecting patients after 2017, when the 2012 amendment to the Medical Act was enforced to regulate specialists, pointing out that MMC comprises very senior doctors across specialties.
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Former Health DG Taha Dies, Leaving Legacy In Public Health

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Zambry: No Official Discussions On Opening UiTM-IJN Cardiothoracic Surgery Postgrad To Non-Bumi

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Cardiothoracic Surgeon Defends MMC’s Role In Protecting Patients

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Higher Education Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir says there have been no official talks yet on opening UiTM-IJN cardiothoracic surgery postgrad admissions to non-Bumiputera parallel pathway graduates, amid opposition from Malay nationalist groups.
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UiTM's Prof Raja Amin says it was only after 2017 when specialist doctor registrations were regulated in Malaysia. 'Before 2017, we had no monitoring, no system; we just accepted anybody', he says, urging people to believe MMC. 'You have to believe them'.
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Senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran accuses parallel pathway critics of having 'vested interests'. He also says MOH's parallel pathway with overseas royal colleges is needed even for the future, instead of relying solely on local Master's programmes later on: 'We cannot be jaguh kampung'.

Senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran says the parallel pathway is needed, even for the future, to run alongside local Master's programmes in medicine to get the 'best of both worlds', local and foreign, for medical specialty training. 'We cannot be 'jaguh kampung''.
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Don’t Be ‘Jaguh Kampung’, Senator Tells Local Master’s Medicine Proponents

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Senator Lingeshwaran suggests retaining the parallel pathway permanently alongside local Master's programs to produce specialist doctors, citing modern tech, procedures and expertise from overseas that Malaysia can learn from. 'We cannot be jaguh kampung'.
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