UCSI University Signs MOA with Health Ministry for the
Use of Government Health Facilities
14 January 2010
The signing of the Memorandum of Agreement
Y.Bhg. Dato’ Sri Dr. Hj. Mohd Nasir
bin Mohd Ashraf (second from left), exchanging
the Memorandum of Agreement with Assoc.
Prof. Lachman Tarachand (second from right),
witnessed by Y. B. Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong
Lai, Minister of Health, Malaysia (middle)
Kuala Lumpur, 14 January 2010
- Today, UCSI University, together with 40 other colleges
and Universities signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA)
with the Ministry of Health to collaborate and improve
accessibility, efficiency and quality in the delivery
of health services through education for the fields
of nursing and health sciences. UCSI University was
represented by Associate Professor Dr. Lachman Tarachand,
Group Executive Officer for the UCSI Group and Prof.
Lee Chai Buan, Vice President of Academic Affairs, while
representatives from the Ministry of Health were Secretary
General, Dato’ Sri Haji Mohd. Nasir bin Mohd. Ashraf
and the Deputy Director General of Health (Medical),
Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham bin Abdullah. The MoA ceremony
was witnessed by Y. B. Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai, Malaysia’s
Minister for Health.
The MoA will ease the lack of facilities and access
to available resources at government facilities for
the clinical training of UCSI University students who
are pursuing their degree in Nursing. The integrated
agreement with individual institutions stipulates that
the Ministry of Health will make available resources
as well as monitor the progress of students placed at
such government facilities. The clinical training provided
for the students will also expose them to real world
settings, and introduce them to potential employment
places once they graduate.
According to Y. B. Dato’ Sri Liow, the MoA is part of
the government’s efforts to improve education quality,
and to provide adequate space for each student to undertake
their clinical training. “The Ministry of Health is
committed to providing students from both private and
public institutions of higher learning places for their
clinical training.” Y. B. Dato’ Sri Liow also said that
according to projected statistics for 2010, the manpower
needed for the health sciences sector would reach 144,544.
In Malaysia, the current nurse to resident ratio is
1:329, while the ratio recommended by the World Health
Organisation (WHO) is 1:200. The government targets
a ratio of 1:198 by 2015.
While UCSI University students currently receive their
clinical training in various government facilities,
work is already underway to build UCSI University’s
teaching hospital in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.
After receiving approval from the state government,
the proposed hospital project will take off soon. In
the future, the hospital will provide clinical training
to all students from the Faculty of Medical Sciences
and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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prejudice to the rights of UCSI the information herein
is correct at the time of printing and UCSI reserves
the right to make amendments without prior notice."
Last Updated:
20 January 2010
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