1 July 2020 Letter Clarify Plans To Resolve Contract Issues Among Health Care Workers — Dr Kelvin Yii The core issue that the Ministry needs to address is actually the ‘intake’ criteria, or criteria of selection, when it comes to choosing who gets the permanent position and who gets continued on contract.
10 June 2020 Malaysia Now’s Not The Time To Axe Contract Health Workers, Putrajaya Told Dr Lee Boon Chye calls for a dedicated Covid-19 team to do contact tracing, as MOH staff also have to deal with other diseases like TB and dengue.
22 April 2020 Letter Preserve And Increase The Capacity Of Our Health Care System — MPS, MMA, MDA & MMI We hope that the government can eventually create more permanent posts.
16 April 2020 Malaysia MMA Wants Permanent Solutions On Positions In Public Health Care The Malaysian Medical Association calls for a 10-year contract extension for contract doctors.
16 April 2020 Letter Six-Month Contract Extension For Government Medical Professionals Just A Stop-Gap Measure — Dr Kelvin Yii The additional six months is insufficient for the needed training and guidance from experienced medical specialists.
16 April 2020 Malaysia Medical Professionals Treated Like Disposables With Six-Month Contract: SUPP Sarawak’s SUPP wants a minimum five-year contract extension for government doctors, pharmacists, and dentists.
15 April 2020 Malaysia Government Doctors, Pharmacists, Dentists Get Six-Month Contract Extensions This involves medical professionals whose contracts ended late 2019 or will end in 2020.
20 March 2020 Malaysia Junior Contract Doctors Across Malaysia Sent To Sungai Buloh Hospital, Covid-19 Centre Those posted from outside Selangor report for duty at Sungai Buloh Hospital on March 23, just five days after MOH’s instruction on their transfers.