Head of HKL’s emergency dept is new health DG

 Dr Mahathar Abd Wahab takes over as health director-general from Dr Radzi Abu Hassan, who retired earlier this month.

Dr Mahathar Abd Wahab (right) receiving his letter of appointment as health director-general from chief secretary to the government Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar. (Facebook pic)

PETALING JAYA:

 The head of Hospital Kuala Lumpur’s emergency and trauma department has been appointed the new health director-general effective tomorrow.

Chief secretary to the government Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar said the king had given his consent to the appointment of Dr Mahathar Abd Wahab, 56, to the post.

Mahathar graduated from the University of St Andrews in Scotland with a bachelor of medical and science degree before obtaining a bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery degree from the University of Manchester and a master of medicine (emergency medicine) at Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Shamsul said Mahathar was first appointed as a health ministry medical officer on Oct 1, 1996.

Mahathar takes over as health director-general from Dr Radzi Abu Hassan, who retired earlier this month. - FMT