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19 December 2025

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Pharmacists Lose Thousands Of Ringgit In BIW Allowance Cuts For Sabah, Sarawak Postings

Pharmacist groups slam the BIW allowance cuts under SSPA for Sabah/Sarawak/Labuan postings. UF12 pharmacists appointed from Dec 2024 lose tens of thousands of ringgit over a five-year period. Sabah and Sarawak continue to rely on newly posted pharmacists.

5 December 2023

Malaysia

Like Doctors, Contract Pharmacists Also Ordered To Resign Before Accepting Permanent Posts

Just like over 1,000 contract doctors from the Oct 2 batch, over 400 contract pharmacists have been ordered by MOH to tender their resignations, effective Dec 18, when they report for duty in permanent posts, making them ineligible for relocation claims.

8 June 2021

Malaysia

Medical Groups Want Clarity On Civil Servants’ Pay Cuts

Associations representing doctors, pharmacists, and dentists ask how the government defines “frontliners” who are exempted from cuts to civil servants’ ITK and ITKA allowances.

8 September 2020

Malaysia

Klinik Kesihatan Shift System Risks Health Worker Burnout, Human Error: Medical Groups

The Malaysian Medical Association and Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society propose that MOH work together with GPs and community pharmacies to reduce the burden at public health clinics.

26 August 2020

Malaysia

Over 1,300 Medical Grads Waiting Eight Months For Housemanship

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has increased the number of medical training slots from 10,835 in 2013 to 12,153 currently.

23 July 2020

Malaysia

Serving Villages Won’t Bump Medical Professionals Up For Permanent Posts

Dr Adham Baba says the government is only obliged to provide medical graduates placements for housemanship training and compulsory service.

15 April 2020

Malaysia

Government Doctors, Pharmacists, Dentists Get Six-Month Contract Extensions

This involves medical professionals whose contracts ended late 2019 or will end in 2020.

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Pharmacists Lose Thousands Of Ringgit In BIW Allowance Cuts For Sabah, Sarawak Postings

Like Doctors, Contract Pharmacists Also Ordered To Resign Before Accepting Permanent Posts

Medical Groups Want Clarity On Civil Servants’ Pay Cuts

Klinik Kesihatan Shift System Risks Health Worker Burnout, Human Error: Medical Groups

Over 1,300 Medical Grads Waiting Eight Months For Housemanship

Serving Villages Won’t Bump Medical Professionals Up For Permanent Posts

Government Doctors, Pharmacists, Dentists Get Six-Month Contract Extensions

Can MInTFM Produce High Quality Family Medicine Specialists? — Medical Officer

Doctors Caution Against Redeploying Specialists From KKM Putrajaya

MOH Mulls Broadening Regulatory Scope Over Private Hospital Charges

SSPA Slashes BIW Allowance For New Medical Officers Posted To Sabah, Sarawak