16 November 2020
Unfair To Dismiss MOH Contract Workers After Pandemic: Jelebu MP
Jelebu MP Jalaluddin Alias asked the Health Ministry to absorb some 2,000 contract officers once the Covid-19 pandemic is...
Tag: contract medical officers
16 November 2020
Adham Confirms Cabinet Has Approved Promoting Contract Doctors
The health minister previously told Muar MP Syed Saddiq that the government had asked MOH to review its proposal...
Despite the acute shortage of doctors, long waiting times for a simple outpatient appointment, longer waiting times for non-emergency...
Malaysia has 300 cardiologists and 133 oncologists nationwide working in MOH, public university, and private hospitals.
Malaysia is currently facing a shortage of specialists with only 3.9 specialists to 10,000 population (as of 30 June...
MOH should also disclose the percentage of success of Sarawakian medical officers in getting permanent posts in Sarawak hospitals,...
All Sarawakian medical officers from the May 2017 housemanship cohort, who fulfilled criteria, have been offered permanent posts in...
29 September 2020
Private Hospitals Fear Specialist Shortage If Government Doctors Don’t Get Permanent Posts
The Association of Private Hospitals says while privatisation can be adopted in other sectors, health care requires years of...
The additional six-month contract extension limits contract workers from getting enough time and training for their specialist programmes, even...
The six-month contract follows a previous six-month contract given last April to 2,070 medical, dental, and pharmacy officers who...