16 February 2023
Segamat MP R. Yuneswaran calls for the expedited formation of a parliamentary special select committee on public health to propose solutions to congestion in public hospitals caused by staff shortages.
Tag: hartal
15 February 2023
Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa tells aggrieved government health care workers to be more "mature" and to avoid going on strike, saying this will not solve problems, while DG Hisham says those planning to strike should not compromise patient safety.
14 February 2023
Opposition Leader Hamzah Zainudin criticises the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government for not addressing contract doctor issues raised by Hartal Doktor Kontrak after PH's "heroics" when it was in opposition.
8 February 2023
In the contract staff subset of CodeBlue's poll for government health care workers, 63% (540 people), mostly doctors, want to go on strike. Another 32% are uncertain. Overall, 95% of contract HCWs are willing/ unsure about striking, 83% want to quit their jobs.
31 January 2023
Hartal Doktor Kontrak (HDK) is recruiting new “fighters” who are willing to “sacrifice whatever it takes” for the movement. Previously in 2021, Dr Zaliha Mustafa criticised the government for taking action against contract doctors who went on strike.
15 November 2021
Hartal Doktor Kontrak will organise its second work strike if the government does not offer permanent appointments and EPF benefits to all contract doctors.
27 July 2021
MPs across the board raised in Parliament the plight of contract doctors after a nationwide strike yesterday.
26 July 2021
Seeing patients, taking their blood pressure, taking their bloods, doing all paperwork…I can’t do it alone. But I will have to if everyone takes off.
23 July 2021
Organisers of the hartal movement expect a strong majority of the country’s 23,077 contract doctors to take part in the strike as “things are more dire than before” and many are at breaking point.
13 July 2021
Senior physician Dr Milton Lum says proving that a strike causes harm to patients will not be easy, as the onus is on the employer to look for a replacement doctor to care for the patient.