COMMENT | In the March Dewan Negara sitting, I brought up the issue of the parallel pathway programme (PPP) for aspiring medical specialist trainees in Malaysia to get trained and recognised by the world-class Royal Colleges of Physicians.

I raised the subsequent benefit that Malaysians will derive from these PPP trainees being acknowledged, including being able to serve the rakyat and fill in the gaps for our population’s demands for quality and qualified specialist healthcare.

This PPP will go hand in hand with the local Master’s programme and together, these two pathways will develop a healthy ecosystem whereby Malaysians will get the best healthcare from doctors who have undergone training with the best local and foreign medical postgraduate institutions.

As the dust settles from the debate on...