10 February 2022
“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.
Tag: contract pharmacists
9 November 2021
Malaysia
Khairy: 40% Of Health Professionals Recommended For Permanent Posts After Compulsory Service
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.
4 May 2021
Dr Adham Baba says 648 health workers have been mobilised to Sarawak, while 366 more were deployed to Kelantan from April 26.
16 November 2020
Jelebu MP Jalaluddin Alias asked the Health Ministry to absorb some 2,000 contract officers once the Covid-19 pandemic is over.
22 October 2020
Despite the acute shortage of doctors, long waiting times for a simple outpatient appointment, longer waiting times for non-emergency surgery, these young doctors are not guaranteed a permanent position in the public sector.
28 September 2020
The additional six-month contract extension limits contract workers from getting enough time and training for their specialist programmes, even if they are doing the parallel pathways.
28 September 2020
The six-month contract follows a previous six-month contract given last April to 2,070 medical, dental, and pharmacy officers who completed their compulsory service.
14 September 2020
Malaysia
No MOH Job? Join Pharma Companies, University Hospitals, Contract Health Professionals Told
MOH offered a one-year contract to nurses, microbiologists, biomedical officers, science officers, medical assistants, and medical laboratory technologists to help curb Covid-19.
11 September 2020
Dr Adham Baba says contract officers are chosen for permanent appointments through “strict and continuous evaluation” during their graduate training or compulsory service.
9 September 2020
Although JPA has approved 10,675 new permanent posts for the Ministry of Health in phases, only slightly more than half of these positions have been created so far.