Khairy Jamaluddin says some specialists have been accused of bullying housemen, but they’re working as usual pending investigations as it’s not easy to transfer specialists.
During my housemanship at Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru Hospital in the 1980s, a specialist used to abuse us HOs verbally, kick us, and throw case notes and scream profanities at us in front of patients and nurses.
Contrary to what many think, MOH takes prevention of workplace bullying very seriously. There are sufficient organisational structures to deal with bullying at the hospital level.