23 July 2020 Malaysia Serving Villages Won’t Bump Medical Professionals Up For Permanent Posts Dr Adham Baba says the government is only obliged to provide medical graduates placements for housemanship training and compulsory service.
23 July 2020 Malaysia Malaysian Hospitals Prepared For Any Covid-19 Surge: Deputy Minister MOH has also recruited 2,000 extra contract health workers under the Economic Stimulus Package to handle the Covid-19 outbreak.
20 July 2020 Letter Isu Pegawai Perubatan Kontrak — Dr Ahamad Hussain Shaik Mohamed Perbezaan tangga gaji dan perlanjutan pelajaran ke peringkat pakar memperlihatkan kesan negatif besar terhadap sistem kontrak ini.
20 July 2020 Malaysia Sarawak Wants Separate Medical Council For Sarawakian Doctors A Sarawakian should head the Sarawak Medical Council, says state minister Dr Sim Kui Hian.
17 July 2020 Malaysia PTPTN Aid Mooted For Contract Doctors’ Specialist Training Even if doctors are able to pay for their own specialisation training, they may not be able to complete it as their contract tenure falls short of the required training period.
17 July 2020 Malaysia Doctors Need Longer Contracts, Malaysia Lacks Specialists, Medical Groups Say Contract doctors are not eligible for local postgraduate specialisation courses even if they are self-funded.
15 July 2020 Letter Contract Medical Officers Deserve A Fair Deal — Dr Kelvin Yii The selection criteria for permanent posts must be more transparent.
15 July 2020 Malaysia MOH Tells Contract Doctors To Pay Own Way For Specialisation The nearly 24,000 permanent medical officers suffices for the number of extra specialists needed in MOH.
13 July 2020 Malaysia Poisons Bill Returns To Parliament For Second Reading MPs will also raise issues on Covid-19, contract doctors, and mental health among others.
6 July 2020 Malaysia Junior Doctors May Get Extensions To Six-Month Contracts: SUPP SUPP has not heard news on requests to prioritise Sarawakian and Sabahan medical officers for postings to hospitals in their home state.