216 contract officers were offered the Program Latihan Kepakaran (PLK) with an MOH scholarship, the first since the introduction of the contract system in 2016.
MMA president Dr Koh Kar Chai says it will not be a waste if contract doctors, who successfully apply for release, continue to serve in Malaysia, albeit in the private sector.
“We need more specialists and more doctors. If we don’t provide security of tenure to these officers, they will leave the service,” Khairy Jamaluddin says.
A total of 3,586 medical officers, 300 dental officers, and 300 pharmacy officers, totalling 4,186 of 10,583 officers who have completed their compulsory service, were recommended for permanent positions.
We hope that these measures will not include the retraction of other allowances, such as the critical allowance which has been reinstated early this year.