A Grade UD41 houseman hired in October 2019 would earn almost RM4,000, but a doctor hired next year onwards will earn about RM3,300 at the end of their housemanship.
We need to question our perennial obsession in seeing doctors with some kind of elevated status in society, because this directly contributed to the oversupply.
Health professionals across the board warn of lower morale among their junior counterparts and their imminent departure for the private sector and abroad.
Doctors, pharmacists, and dentists appointed into the public sector from January 1, 2020, will no longer receive a monthly RM750 Critical Service Incentive Payment (BIPK).
Minister Syed Saddiq and Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii both object against the government’s decision to abolish the critical allowance of new doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and dentists joining the public sector.