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The Malaysian health care system requires doctors to perform a
compulsory three years service with public hospitals to ensure that
the manpower in these hospitals is maintained. Doctors are required
to perform 4 years including 2 years of housemanship and 2 years
government service with public hospitals throughout the nation,
ensuring adequate coverage of medical needs for the general
population.
Foreign doctors are encouraged to apply for employment in Malaysia,
especially if they are qualified to a higher level. There is still,
however, a significant shortage in the medical workforce, especially
of highly trained specialists; thus, certain medical care and
treatment are available only in large cities. Recent efforts to
bring many facilities to other towns have been hampered by lack of
expertise to run the available equipment. As a result certain
medical care and treatment is available only in large cities.
Hospitals contain many different departments and centers, each of
which is run almost as a separate business or entity within the
facility. Each department provides many hospital job opportunities
in a variety of interesting roles. Hospital jobs may include: |
