Malaysia Human Resources Statistics in Healthcare Sector
This was published in May 2009 (Profession:Population)
- Doctors (1:1,105)
- Dentists (1:7,618)
- Pharmacists (1:4,335)
- Opticians (1:11,030)
- Optometrists (1:40,128)
- Asst. Medical Officers (1:3,054)
- Asst. Pharmacy Officers (1:9,982)*
- Asst. Environmental Health Officers (1:10,806)*
- Medical Lab. Technologists (1:6,865)*
- Occupational Therapists (1:65,091)*
- Physiotherapists (1:46,760)*
- Radiographers (1:18,267)*
- Nurses (1:512)
- Dental Nurses (1:12,124)
- Community Nurses (1:1,487)
- Dental Technicians (1:18,786)
- Dental Surgery Assistants (1:9,336)
- Traditional & Complementary Medicine Practitioners (1:3,173)**
Source:
- Human Resource Devision, Ministry of Health
- Malaysian Medical Council
- Malaysian Dental Council
- Pharmacy Board Malaysia
- Malaysia Optical Council
- Medical Assistant Board
- Malaysia Nursing Board
- Oral Health Division, Ministry of Health
- Traditional & Complementary Medicine Division, Ministry of Health
Notes:
- *: Ministry of Health only
- **: Refers to voluntary registration by local practitioners & application for professional visa by foreign practitioners
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I would like to know how will the demand be like for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiographers in 3 years time?
Yash
13 Mar 10 at 01:59 PM
I took this from Ministry of Health when I attended one of their meetings. You’d have to ask them directly or wait for their announcements if you want something that is not available from the pdf file I mentioned.
amree
13 Mar 10 at 03:12 PM