Tag: contract doctor

25 March 2024

Contract Doctors’ Resignation Trend Rising, MOH To Cut Permanent Appointment Offers By 31% For 2024-2025

Contract medical officer resignations dropped 32% to 924 in 2023 from 1,354 in 2022, but overall resignation trend rose 2017-2023. MOH also plans a 31% reduction in doctors' permanent appointments from 8,704 offered in 2022-2023 to over 6,000 in 2024-2025.

26 January 2024

Letter

Response To Frustrated Medical Officer’s Letter On Health Care System Being On The Verge Of Complete And Utter Collapse – Ministry Of Health Malaysia

In response to a medical officer's letter titled "Malaysia’s Health Care System is on the Verge of Complete and Utter Collapse", MOH says that while contract MO resignations surged, resignations among permanent MOs dropped from 915 in 2019 to 342 in 2022.

20 July 2023

Letter

Accept Posts, MMA Tells 200 Doctors Refusing Sarawak Posts

We wish to remind these doctors that as civil servants, there are rules and regulations in their appointment that they have a duty and responsibility to adhere to. An appeal can be sent, but first accept the post and report for duty.

1 March 2023

Letter

On Contract Since 2017, Please Release Me From JPA Bond — Dr JJ

A contract MO, who started housemanship in May 2017, wants to quit because of depression and anxiety, and also to help care for his incapacitated father (a post-stroke patient). But JPA didn't answer his request to be released from his 10-year bond.

30 December 2022

Letter

I’m Sorry, I’m Leaving – Dr Leonard Goh

The workplace conditions are ridiculously inhumane. My colleagues and I are working past the point of sanity to treat our patients to the best of our abilities, but the government has time and again failed to support us in this endeavour.

Tag: contract doctor

Contract Doctors’ Resignation Trend Rising, MOH To Cut Permanent Appointment Offers By 31% For 2024-2025

Response To Frustrated Medical Officer’s Letter On Health Care System Being On The Verge Of Complete And Utter Collapse – Ministry Of Health Malaysia

Accept Posts, MMA Tells 200 Doctors Refusing Sarawak Posts

On Contract Since 2017, Please Release Me From JPA Bond — Dr JJ

I’m Sorry, I’m Leaving – Dr Leonard Goh

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