26 August 2026
The government should answer a very basic question: do we genuinely want to produce, develop, and retain more doctors, or are we creating a system that steadily reduces the number willing to stay?
Tag: doctor shortage
5 August 2026
About 27% of UM medical grads since 2018, or 314 doctors, hold active Singapore registration. Over 10% registered with the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) after obtaining full registration in Malaysia. SMC-only proportion rose markedly in recent cohorts.
28 July 2026
Sarawak is facing a large shortage of doctors and nurses, with over 930 vacancies for medical officers, over 260 for specialist doctors, and over 1,200 for nurses as of June 30. Vacancy rates in the state are 30% (MO), 28% (specialist), and 15% (nurse).
16 July 2026
Multiple patients complain about waiting for seven to eight hours at Miri Hospital's emergency department for treatment. A doctor says the green zone is sometimes left with only one medical officer on duty or even occasionally has no doctor in charge.
10 July 2026
Doctor shortages are no longer about one department complaining; it's now a national pattern. Doctors leave when the system takes everything and gives back slogans. They leave when “service to nation” becomes a polite phrase for exploitation.
12 June 2026
What is often not seen is what health care workers are doing before those calls arrive. Some are actively resuscitating critically ill patients. Others are still completing ward rounds, managing admissions, reviewing deteriorating patients, admin work etc.
12 May 2026
Letter
Three-Phase Rescue: Saving Malaysia’s Health Care System Before The Flatline — Dr Rajeentheran Suntheralingam
Malaysia’s two-tiered health care system has deep roots in more than three decades of service, but it must now prove its flexibility.
17 April 2026
Letter
The State Legislative Assembly Isn’t A House To Recite Statistics, But To Solve Problems — Perak Doctor
A state legislative assembly is where elected reps are meant to translate numbers into policy. Health care manpower is heavily shaped by federal policy, but this doesn't absolve state govts of responsibility. Perak should learn from Johor, Sabah, Sarawak.
30 March 2026
Kota Melaka MP Khoo Poay Tiong says the prospect of hiring foreign doctors may need to be considered as a short-term mitigation strategy to address dire shortages of housemen and specialists, but standards can't be compromised. Remuneration must be fair.
23 February 2026
MOH’s integrity unit has issued a warning letter to a Miri Hospital specialist, who highlighted doctor shortages on social media. Miri Hospital’s administration is also seeking to identify another specialist, who wrote to CodeBlue about alleged wage theft.