27 December 2022
The three major issues pushing doctors to leave the public health service are subtle discrimination; salary schemes, grades, and contract duration; and remuneration.
Tag: houseman
16 May 2022
Health care leaders have failed to develop a work culture that promotes a safe and quality ambience for training and learning, essential to the delivery of quality health care.
13 May 2022
Senior doctors (senior house officers or medical officers) order junior doctors around to do favours for them, be it patient-related or personal. The newbies don’t dare to say no.
12 May 2022
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.
10 May 2022
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.
9 May 2022
Penang exco Dr Norlela Ariffin says a doctor told her: “Senior doctors have to stop talking about their ‘old days’”, while Melaka exco Dr Akmal Saleh threatens action against doctors who bully others.
9 May 2022
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.
6 May 2022
MOH is setting up an independent taskforce to investigate the death of a Penang Hospital junior doctor and the alleged culture of workplace bullying.
5 May 2022
“MOH cannot remain silent and allow this issue to continue,” says Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.
4 May 2022
Dr Kelvin Yii tells Penang Hospital management to take responsibility for the junior doctor's death and for MOH to address toxic workplace environments among health care workers.