Khairy Jamaluddin says the government wants to provide a channel for contract medical officers to apply for federal scholarships to pursue specialist training in local universities.
While politicians play musical chairs, health care workers continue to struggle daily with rising cases of Covid-19, burnout, lack of manpower, beds, oxygen and equipment.
The housemanship training system and guidelines should be revised to ensure that young doctors are able to serve the country to the best of their abilities.
We have taken the first step in the long road to providing equitable terms of service for our junior doctors and equitable care for the rakyat. Let us now see it to its conclusion.
Representatives of the #HartalDoktokKontrak organisers previously described the solutions offered by the government as stated by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin as short-sighted, done merely to appease disgruntled contract doctors.