A former chairperson of the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) board of directors has voiced support for the institution to temporarily open up its cardiothoracic surgery training to non-bumiputera medical officers.

Ibrahim Shah Abu Shah said UiTM is the only university offering a parallel pathway programme in collaboration with the National Heart Institute (IJN) in the field of cardiothoracic surgery.

“So UiTM cannot leave...