12 July 2021
The Malaysian Medical Association’s back-up plan is to push for an explicit merit and extended contract system for all contract health care workers.
Tag: hospitals
12 July 2021
Covid-19 patients are now staying in ICU much longer, sometimes months, while ventilators, oxygen supply, and medications are running short, say Klang Valley health care workers.
9 July 2021
It is indeed CodeBlackMY now, not only for contract doctors, but for the nation's health care system.
8 July 2021
MAEPS PKRC 2.0 receives an average of 800 Covid-19 patients a day, including an average 200 patients from Category Four with severe disease, says Dr Adham Baba.
8 July 2021
Letter
Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures — Dr Musa Nordin, Dr Mafeitzeral Mamat & Asst Prof Mohd Farhan Rusli
A few unpopular but necessary immediate actions must be taken to fight the pandemic.
7 July 2021
Health workers battling burnout in hospitals across Ampang, Selayang, Klang, Kuala Lumpur, and HCTM report situations mirroring India’s Covid-19 surge, as bodies stack, wards overflow, non-Covid patients contract the virus in hospital, and systems malfunction.
5 July 2021
Muscle relaxant drugs are running dangerously low in supply in many Klang Valley hospitals as they are being used for Covid-19 patients, leading to postponement of elective and semi-emergency operations.
1 July 2021
A group organising a July 26 strike for contract doctors says they have the constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression and to assemble peaceably.
30 June 2021
Organisers say their strike from July 26 will go on until the government meets their two demands: permanent posts for all contract doctors and clear criteria for permanent positions.
28 June 2021
Contract medical officers are planning a day-long walkout on July 26 outside their respective government health care facilities in each state.