10 May 2023
Incidents of workplace violence against MOH staff increased by 196% from 167 cases in 2017 to 494 cases in 2019, before dropping to 321 cases in 2020 and 260 cases in 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Tag: house officers
21 March 2023
MOH's MyHelp complaints channel for workplace bullying requires complainants to provide their name, IC/ passport no, mobile no, email add, occupation. The site states: "All information will be kept confidential and only used by the Malaysian Government."
20 March 2023
Malaysia
Housemen At Sungai Buloh Hospital’s O&G Department Allege Severe Bullying, Sexual Harassment
House officers at Sungai Buloh Hospital's OB-GYN department accuse medical officers of perpetrating a "tradition" of bullying in the department, including sexual harassment, sexist slurs, and denial of annual leave and meal and rest breaks.
10 February 2023
Bersatu Youth chief Wan Fayhsal tells the government to admit that there's a crisis in the public health care system, as he urges Parliament to discuss the issue. He also doubts that the government can afford pay hikes or bonuses for health care workers.
10 February 2023
CodeBlue's poll shows 41% prevalence of workplace bullying and 6% workplace sexual harassment among housemen. Meanwhile, among medical officers, 25% and 2% complain respectively of bullying and sexual harassment. Most complainants work in MOH hospitals.
6 January 2023
In a rare move, the Malaysian Medical Association is asking the Human Resources Minister to intervene and regulate the working hours of "exploited" house officers in MOH. MMA is also planning a roadshow to stop the “bullying” culture in public hospitals.
5 January 2023
Specialists are doing MO's job; MOs are doing HO work. MOs are under psychiatric consultation for stress and depression. Why is there a discrepancy in human resource allocation for Pahang hospitals?
22 August 2022
HWCITF’s 162-page report fails to confirm if workplace bullying is a real problem faced by junior doctors, lacks personal stories, and makes sweeping recommendations without providing data or evidence.
31 May 2022
HWCITF’s 23-page survey with 44 questions on health care work culture requires Google sign-in, email add, grade, state, work facility type, tenure, age, gender, marital status, and ethnicity, besides asking supervisors to admit if they’ve bullied others.