Contract medical officers, besides only getting a two-year contract without guarantee of extension, are also not eligible to apply for the local Masters programme.
The pandemic we face is challenging not only due to its virulence, but also its effect on health care services that was already overworked, understaffed and overstretched.
The former DPM also asked the government to ensure that frontliners’ families are taken care of during the pandemic, such as their child care and studies.
We hope that these measures will not include the retraction of other allowances, such as the critical allowance which has been reinstated early this year.
When will the upgrade from UD41 to UD43 happen for these contract workers? Will this involve all those under the UD41 contract who have finished their housemanship? How much will this cost and has it already been allocated in Budget 2021?