Reduction of the number of doctors in government facilities will increase the patient-to-doctor ratio, and this directly affects the patient’s waiting time as well.
The Malaysian Medics International (MMI) wants doctors to be exempted from paying monetary compensation to JPA if the government doesn’t extend their contracts to serve in a public hospital.
The prospect of a career in medicine and surgery as a junior doctor in Malaysia seems bleak with truly little structure to the career pathway for contracted staff and newly appointed permanent medical officers.
Medical officers from the peninsula who were offered a six-month extended contract did not turn up for work at Sarawak General Hospital, says the Meradong assemblyman.