Malaysia will work directly with the Indian government to hire qualified medical specialists to help tackle the shortage of doctors in this country. Malaysia's Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai said his ministry had advertised in the foreign media for specialists but the applicants were not very good. He said apart from India, Malaysia will also work with the governments of Egypt and Pakistan to hire qualified medical specialists. Malaysia wants to project itself as a medical tourism hub but lack of medical specialists in some areas is coming up as an obstacle in this path.