"Nak give up, teringat pula pengorbanan mendiang mak ayah aku. Nak stay motivated pun, kontrak makin mendekati tarikh luput. Susah sangat ke nak bagi jawatan kepada pegawai perubatan?"
“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.
Hartal Doktor Kontrak will organise its second work strike if the government does not offer permanent appointments and EPF benefits to all contract doctors.
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.