government pharmacists Archives

6 March 2026

Malaysia

Pharmacist Contract Delays Trigger Talent Loss To Private Sector, Senator Warns

Senator RA Lingeshwaran says delays in permanent appointments are pushing pharmacists out of MOH. Of 352 reserve candidates awaiting posts, 209 have left. He warned MOH cannot keep a “wait for vacancies” hiring model if it drives talent to the private sector.

19 December 2025

Malaysia

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.

Tag: government pharmacists

Pharmacist Contract Delays Trigger Talent Loss To Private Sector, Senator Warns

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

Ampang Hospital’s IT System Down For 33 Hours In First Huge Outage

Report: Treasury Wants RM3b Cut To Health Ministry’s 2026 Budget

Too Many Agencies Involved In Doctor Workforce Pipeline: Health DG

Take Action Against Retail Blood Testing In Pharmacies — FPMPAM

Don’t Blame MOH Alone For Health Workforce Shortages — MMA