Malaysian elected WMA president

Malaysian cardiologist N. Arumugam has been elected as president of the World Medical Association (WMA), local press reported on Monday.

Arumugam, ex-president of the Malaysian Medical Association ( MMA), was elected to the post at the WMA's general assembly in South Africa recently.

He was the first Malaysian to hold the post. New MMA president Teoh Siang Chin described the installation as a glowing international accolade for the Malaysian health service and due recognition for all its doctors.

Arumugam has pledged to work towards better health of all citizens, including doctors, stressing doctors themselves must be healthy first to keep the population healthy.

The WMA is an international organization representing physicians. It was founded in September 1947 in Paris. The organization was created to ensure the independence of physicians, and to work for the highest possible standards of ethical behavior and care by physicians.

Currently, it embraces about 80 national medical associations of its members.

Source: Xinhua