Health service in Timor improves

Health service in Timor improves

DILI, East Timor: Health services here have reportedly
improved, as the doctor to patient ratio now nears the ideal of
1:5,000.

Spokesman for the provincial health office Carlos Pereira said
Saturday that services in all the 67 health community centers in
East Timor are being strengthened by newly graduated medical
students and apprenticing physicians, the Antara news agency
reported.

The government requires newly graduated physicians to do
apprenticeships before applying for permanent jobs. (pwn)