Dr Afif Bahardin joins Dr Kelvin Yii (DAP) in pushing MOH to resolve the issue of various unpaid allowances for medical officers at Sungai Buloh Hospital.
The decision by Pakatan Harapan last year to appoint contract medical officers on the UD43 grade will be reviewed by the Perikatan Nasional government in August.
Reduction of the number of doctors in government facilities will increase the patient-to-doctor ratio, and this directly affects the patient’s waiting time as well.
The Malaysian Medics International (MMI) wants doctors to be exempted from paying monetary compensation to JPA if the government doesn’t extend their contracts to serve in a public hospital.
The prospect of a career in medicine and surgery as a junior doctor in Malaysia seems bleak with truly little structure to the career pathway for contracted staff and newly appointed permanent medical officers.