Employ fresh nurses, Liow tells private hospitals
Bridging gaps: Liow (fifth from left) discussing an issue with Cameron Highlands MP Datuk S.K. Devamany (third from left) as Tringkap residents look on.
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Incentives may be given to private hospitals that employ fresh graduates from nursing colleges.
This move, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said, was aimed at encouraging private hospitals to absorb nurses who had passed the Malaysia Nursing Board examination.
"By offering incentives to private hospitals, we hope they will be more willing to employ new nurses," he said after meeting Tringkap residents here yesterday.
Private hospitals also played an important role in training new nurses, he said.
"This will be a solution to cut down on private hospitals pinching experienced nurses from the ministry," he said, adding that more details about the scheme would be announced soon.
On the quality of nurses in Malaysia, Liow said they lived up to the expectations of the healthcare sector.
"It is unfair to say Malaysian nurses are lacking in quality. If they have passed the examination, this means they have acquired sufficient healthcare knowledge," he said.
Liow was commenting on news reports by a local television company claiming that some nurses in the country were not up to standard.
He said nurses, especially fresh graduates, required clinical exposure to enhance their expertise.
"The Government is also studying a proposal to make nurses undergo the 1Malaysia Training Scheme to improve their skills," he added.
-The Star-
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