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9 August 2023

MMA Straddles The Fence On Medical Officer Relocations

MMA Schomos says the redistribution of MOs from Klang Valley to Sabah & Sarawak and non-central states is a "step in the right direction", but also says this will worsen doctor burnout, increase resignations, and affect health services in Klang Valley.

7 August 2023

Malaysia

‘Doctors Should Be Treated Special. Period’: Galen Centre

Galen Centre says the disruptive relocation of medical officers reveals fundamental flaws in MOH's HR: the Public Services Commission treats all civil servants equally. "Doctors should be treated special. Period. We cannot afford to lose even one of them."

22 March 2023

Malaysia

Zaliha Cites Pensions As Among Obstacles To Permanent Posts For Doctors

Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa cites the cost burden of pensions on increasing permanent positions in the public health service for doctors. She says she's in constant communication with JPA and SPA. "It's not something that we can do instantly".

19 August 2022

Letter

Ensure Follow-Through On Zero-Bullying Policy — MMA

MOH has to accept the recommendations brought forth by the HWCITF and work on implementing them. A time frame should be given for a review of the implementation.

12 August 2022

Malaysia

MMA: Don’t Get Beauty Treatments From Unregistered ‘Professionals’

The Malaysian Medical Association says dental doctors undergo training for years before they can provide dental treatment, including orthodontic treatment.

1 July 2022

Malaysia

MOH Denies Doctor Shortage Crisis At HKL, HTA

The Health Ministry says it has made plans to transfer medical officers from other states to Kuala Lumpur Hospital and Tunku Azizah Hospital to replace outgoing doctors.

21 March 2022

Opinion

Revise Flawed Poisons Act (Amendment) Bill 2022

Dr Milton Lum says the Bill may force GPs to stop dispensing medicines, which will increase the cost of health care and inconvenience the public, with long-term consequences for health care delivery.

23 December 2021

Malaysia

Sarawak Receives 7% New Posts Created In MOH

From 2019 to 2021, approximately 10% of doctors and 4% of dentists who were born in Sarawak received permanent posts and placements in Sarawak.

26 November 2021

Letter

A One-Ear Piece Stethoscope Is Useless – Concerned Doctor

I hear of colleagues also complaining that there are some fields where they have pursued a masters and a PhD, but without any signs of specialisation within the system.

27 July 2021

Opinion

No Place For Racism In Health Care

Measures that improve ethnic diversity and cultural competence of the health care workforce help to alleviate disparities and improve outcomes.

Tag: doctors

MMA Straddles The Fence On Medical Officer Relocations

‘Doctors Should Be Treated Special. Period’: Galen Centre

Zaliha Cites Pensions As Among Obstacles To Permanent Posts For Doctors

Ensure Follow-Through On Zero-Bullying Policy — MMA

MMA: Don’t Get Beauty Treatments From Unregistered ‘Professionals’

MOH Denies Doctor Shortage Crisis At HKL, HTA

Revise Flawed Poisons Act (Amendment) Bill 2022

Sarawak Receives 7% New Posts Created In MOH

A One-Ear Piece Stethoscope Is Useless – Concerned Doctor

No Place For Racism In Health Care

Landmark UN Report Highlights Malaysia’s Mandatory Death Penalty Abolition For Drug Offences

Malaysia Approves First Long-Acting Injectable HIV Prevention Drug

At Selayang Hospital’s Understaffed Emergency Department, Doctors Allege Abuse By Patients’ Relatives

The Suffering Family Medical Practitioner — Dr Sng Kim Hock

Government Doctors Link Their Mental Health Issues To Work: Poll