hartal Archives

16 February 2023

Malaysia

Segamat MP Wants Bipartisan Response To Health Worker Shortages

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.

15 February 2023

Malaysia

Strike Won’t Solve Problems, Be More Mature: Zaliha Tells Government Health Workers

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

Malaysia

Opposition Leader Slams Government For Doing ‘Nothing’ For Contract Doctors

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

Malaysia

Nearly Two-Thirds Of Contract Health Workers Willing To Go On Strike: Poll

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

Malaysia

Hartal Recruiting Doctors Willing To ‘Sacrifice Whatever It Takes’

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

Malaysia

Contract Doctors Threaten Strike In December

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

Malaysia

Adham Pledges No Disciplinary Action On Hartal Doctors

MPs across the board raised in Parliament the plight of contract doctors after a nationwide strike yesterday.

26 July 2021

Letter

The Unheard Side Of Hartal — Dr Tango

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

Malaysia

Hartal Expects Over 18,000 Doctors To Join July 26 Strike

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

Malaysia

Doctors’ Strike A Trade Dispute, Not Under MMC: Ex-MMA Head

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.

Tag: hartal

Segamat MP Wants Bipartisan Response To Health Worker Shortages

Strike Won’t Solve Problems, Be More Mature: Zaliha Tells Government Health Workers

Opposition Leader Slams Government For Doing ‘Nothing’ For Contract Doctors

Nearly Two-Thirds Of Contract Health Workers Willing To Go On Strike: Poll

Hartal Recruiting Doctors Willing To ‘Sacrifice Whatever It Takes’

Contract Doctors Threaten Strike In December

Adham Pledges No Disciplinary Action On Hartal Doctors

The Unheard Side Of Hartal — Dr Tango

Hartal Expects Over 18,000 Doctors To Join July 26 Strike

Doctors’ Strike A Trade Dispute, Not Under MMC: Ex-MMA Head

‘Zero Pending’, Zero Safety, Zero HCWs: The Burning Crisis At Queen Elizabeth Hospital — Health Worker

Malaysia Faces Emerging Shortage Of Dialysers, Haemodialysis Components

UMMC Denies Radiation Exposure Caused Staff Cancer ‘Cluster’

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

Too Many Agencies Involved In Doctor Workforce Pipeline: Health DG