End for Chinese medical schools?
Published on: Thursday, September 08, 2016
Kuala Lumpur: Eleven of the 13 private traditional Chinese medical schools in Malaysia have closed down or are in the process of closing, says Federation of Chinese Physicians and Medicine Dealers Associations of Malaysia (FCPMDAM) Secretary-General Kerk Ee Chan."Some of the 11 schools are conducting four or five-year traditional Chinese medicine undergraduate courses and will close once the last batch of students graduate," he said.Kerk said some of them had to close due to the restrictions of the Traditional and Complementary Medicine (TCM) Act 2013, which was enforced last year, while a few were forced to shut as their courses were not approved by the Higher Education Ministry. The rest, he said, were unable to carry on due to other factors, Oriental Daily News reported.
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The remaining two schools — Traditional Chinese Medical Institute Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur Academy of Chinese Medical Practice — are awaiting approval for their programmes, Kerk told the media after the opening of the 11th Asean Congress of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Genting Highlands on Saturday.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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