Tag: emergency department

15 March 2024

Extended Hours: Doctors’ Locum Allowance Expanded To Weekends (Sundays/ Fridays), Pharmacists And X-Ray Technicians Get Locum Allowance Too

YBTMK Lukanisman and an MOH TKSU circular announce new RM25/hr locum allowance for pharmacists & X-ray technicians, as well as expansion of the RM80/hr locum allowance for doctors to Sunday/ Friday, for extended hours work at KKs & outpatient clinic at ED.

5 February 2024

Malaysia

Fearing Patient Harm, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Doctors Oppose Rotation To Emergency Department

Some QEH doctors oppose MOH’s order to rotate medical officers from other departments, especially non-clinical, to the emergency department’s Green Zone for the new 2-hour waiting time KPI. As some have left clinical work for years, they fear patient harm.

29 September 2023

Malaysia

MMA Demands Zero Tolerance For Health Worker Abuse

MMA demands zero tolerance for the abuse of health workers, after Selayang Hospital doctors reported rising aggression at the ED due to long waiting hours. "MMA fears that many other overcrowded public health care facilities would be facing similar issues."

27 September 2023

Malaysia

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

Three Selayang Hospital medical officers, including one who quit MOH in August, say verbal abuse against doctors at their understaffed emergency department, mostly by patients’ accompanying family, is rising. Doctors feel their work environment is unsafe.

22 September 2023

Malaysia

Emergency Department Priority For Sickest, Not Men In Uniform, Minister’s Advisor Tells MP

Health Minister's advisor Dr Kelvin Yii tells Tasek Gelugor MP Wan Saiful that the emergency department shouldn't have special lanes for VIPs/ police/ military veterans, as the triage system prioritises critical cases regardless of their position in life.

6 June 2023

Letter

The Worst Timetable Ever At Bentong Hospital’s Emergency Department — Frustrated Staff

A medical officer in Pahang highlights the "worst timetable ever" at Bentong Hospital's emergency department, where doctors still have to do oncall-postcall-PM shift. "Imagine the busiest department in a hospital, having to work endlessly like a machine."

29 March 2023

Malaysia

MOH Asks JPA To Approve Locum Allowances For Sundays And Public Holidays, And For Pharmacists And Science Officers

Dr Zaliha Mustafa says MOH has requested JPA approval to expand doctors' locum allowances to Sun and public holidays, and to expand the allowance to pharmacy and science officers. Klinik Kesihatan Bandar Botanik began extended hours daily from March 25.

14 February 2023

Malaysia

Report: Selayang Hospital Patient Stabbed By Another Patient Stranded In Emergency Department

Singapore’s Straits Times reports that a psychiatric patient in Selayang Hospital – upset about being stranded in the emergency room along with dozens of others as all wards were full – stabbed another patient earlier today, causing serious injuries.

1 February 2023

Malaysia

MOH Doesn’t Confirm If Serdang Hospital Heart Attack Patient Waited 30 Hours For Admission Before Dying

The Selangor state health department simply says that a 64-year-old heart attack patient in Serdang Hospital, who later died, was placed in ED under monitoring by the cardiology department until ward admission after a bed vacancy, but did not confirm if he had waited 30 hours.

23 January 2023

Malaysia

Zaliha Lists Seven Steps To Decongest Emergency Departments

The health minister acknowledges that overcrowding in emergency rooms is caused by high patient loads and various deficiencies in the public health care sector, including in human resources and facilities.

Tag: emergency department

Extended Hours: Doctors’ Locum Allowance Expanded To Weekends (Sundays/ Fridays), Pharmacists And X-Ray Technicians Get Locum Allowance Too

Fearing Patient Harm, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Doctors Oppose Rotation To Emergency Department

MMA Demands Zero Tolerance For Health Worker Abuse

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

Emergency Department Priority For Sickest, Not Men In Uniform, Minister’s Advisor Tells MP

The Worst Timetable Ever At Bentong Hospital’s Emergency Department — Frustrated Staff

MOH Asks JPA To Approve Locum Allowances For Sundays And Public Holidays, And For Pharmacists And Science Officers

Report: Selayang Hospital Patient Stabbed By Another Patient Stranded In Emergency Department

MOH Doesn’t Confirm If Serdang Hospital Heart Attack Patient Waited 30 Hours For Admission Before Dying

Zaliha Lists Seven Steps To Decongest Emergency Departments

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