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The Ministry of Health (M.O.H.) has reached out to the National University of Samoa (N.U.S.) with a proposal to reconsider the entry requirements and criteria for prospective medical students. The objective behind this initiative, according to the Director General of Health, Aiono Professor Alec .
The tragic events in Papua New Guinea earlier this week [on Wednesday and Thursday], which led to open mass riots and the death of 16 persons in the capital Port Moresby, and in the northern city of Lae, have important lessons for us here in Fiji..
Many people in Samoa have continued to ask about the pathways to becoming a medical doctor. The majority of the public, especially parents, do not understand what is involved in the six years of study to become a medical doctor.Even amongst the local University community and many government agenc.
There is a need for 100 more doctors in the health system to fill the current shortage in the public health service says Professor Asiata Dr. Satupaitea Viali, the Dean of the Oceania University of Medicine.In an article, he has written for the Samoa Observer on medical training, he says there is.