KUALA LUMPUR: Three university teaching hospitals under the Education Ministry have produced more than 7,000 experts in various medical fields in the country, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

The teaching hospitals are University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) in Kuala Lumpur, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan and Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in Cheras.

The prime minister said the medical experts contributed and served in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Otorinolaringology, Ophthalmology and Paediatrics.

“In the field of pediatrics or children, the three university teaching hospitals have produced more than 450 experts,” he said in his speech when launching the Permata Children Specialist Hospital at the UKM Medical Centre, here yesterday.

Also present was his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, who is also the patron of Permata Negara

source:MJNnews