PUTRAJAYA, July 25 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has asked the Ministry of Health (MOH) to simplify the bureaucratic process to expedite the filling of 4,352 positions at health facilities, including the appointment of contract doctors, said Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil.
Fahmi, who is also the MADANI Government spokesperson, said the issue of the posts was raised by Anwar in the Cabinet Meeting today.
"The Prime Minister has requested that the bureaucratic process, which is seen as possibly causing this delay, be expedited, given that MOH had originally expected most or all of the positions to only be filled by November.
"But the Prime Minister believes this is too late. So the process will be expedited," he said at the Weekly Media Conference here today.
Fahmi said the filling of the posts needed to be expedited because there was an urgent need to fill more than 4,000 vacancies in the health sector.
He said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad had given a commitment that the filling of the posts would be shortened without compromising on procedures and would be expedited.
Last Wednesday, Anwar at the Appreciation Announcement for Malaysians said the government would expedite the filling of 4,352 posts in health facilities, including the appointment of contract doctors this year because there was an urgent need for the health care sector in the country.
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