Malaysia needs doctors from RI

Malaysia needs doctors from RI

SEMARANG, Central Java: Malaysia needs some 800 doctors and
paramedics from Indonesia immediately, particularly from the
province of Central Java, said a senior official with the Central
Java administration on Thursday.

Once they were accepted, the doctors and paramedics were
slated to be deployed to public health centers throughout
Malaysia, said Tjipto Hartono, the head of Central Java
administration's Manpower and Transmigration Office.

Tjipto did not spell out the specific number of paramedics and
doctors required by the Malaysian authorities.

According to him, doctors and paramedics from Central Java
were preferred by Malaysia on the grounds that they had similar
language, culture and religion to Malaysian people.

Tjipto estimated that at least 4,000 doctors currently working
in Central Java province were being offered the opportunity to
work in Malaysia, after they had fulfilled their contracts of
work in the province. -- Antara