At last, to our relief, Datuk Chua Jui Meng is out. We have new faces in the Health Ministry.

Minister: Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek
Deputy Minister: Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad
Parliamentary Secretary: Lee Kah Choon

This is good news. As posted in the MMR, Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek is a medical doctor. I think this will augur well for healthcare workers. Datuk Chua Jui Meng was thinking too much as a lawyer when he was Health Minister. He even advocated the public to sue their doctors. I think this was unforgivable for a Health Minister. Datuk Chua Jui Meng's latest obsession with traditional medicines was also mysterious and irrational.

As a doctor with the Ministry of Health, I welcome Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek. Hopefully there will be much progress under your tenureship as Health Minister. It is time that the healthcare workers work hand in hand with the Health Minister after a difficult relationship with your predecessor.

Update : Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek is a psychiatrist by training!!... That is good isn't it? I think we all need him badly!!