housemen Archives

12 October 2026

Letter

Budget 2027: Permanent Posts Are Progress, Retention Remains Unresolved — Specialist

MOH must clarify if the contract doctor system is indeed "abolished", as perceived by many, by stating if housemen entering in 2027 will begin as permanent employees or receive guaranteed conversion, besides eligibility for other existing MO cohorts.

1 October 2026

Letter

What I Owe The Next Houseman — Dr Kamal Amzan

Housemen need supervisors who know their progress, are available when decisions exceed their competence, and can explain what improvement looks like. Those supervisors need time and support too.

28 September 2026

Malaysia

Don’t Quit Medicine, Senior Doctors Tell Their Juniors

Three senior doctors share how their responsibilities changed as they moved from frontline clinical work into emergency medicine leadership, health care management, and academia, urging junior doctors not to quit before at least finishing housemanship.

15 September 2026

Letter

Taiping Hospital’s Emergency Department Is Also Drowning — Medical Officer

All zones in Taiping Hospital's emergency department are struggling with doctor shortages and overwhelming patient loads from referrals from district hospitals and KKs. Doctors also need to handle difficult patients who can't bear long waiting times.

15 July 2026

Malaysia

Doctor Workforce In Public Sector Shrinks For First Time In A Decade

Malaysia’s doctor workforce in the public sector declined in 2024 for the first time since 2014. In an historic contraction, MOH lost 1,444 doctors in 2024 (mostly medical officers and specialists), after over 1,100 MOs rejected permanent posts in 2023.

8 May 2026

Letter

Unfair Treatment At HTJS — Houseman

Housemen have been stuck in their medical posting at HTJS for nearly a month now. It's taking a toll on the mental health of all housemen in this hospital because not only are we behind our other batchmates, other departments are severely lacking in HOs.

13 April 2026

Malaysia

Nationalism Can Curb Doctor Brain Drain, Says KPPA

Public Service DG Wan Ahmad Dahlan says doctor brain drain can be curbed if doctors have a "sense of nationalism to help the country", amid very low housemen intake. MMA says doctors leave because "the system and policy don't reciprocate their love."

8 April 2026

Letter

Admin Error Goes Unpunished, Doctors Suffer The Consequences — Medical Officer

HTA housemen succumbed to their PT because they know that fighting their admin is useless. The PT's alleged con was based on legit cases of salary overpayment that occurred elsewhere. Why should health care staff pay the consequences of admin incompetence?

7 April 2026

Letter

When The System Fails Young Doctors: Lessons From HTA Housemen Scam — Clinician

It sounds like common sense not to transfer money to a personal account for official payments. But this is a profound misunderstanding of what it's like to be a houseman in Malaysia, where questioning instructions is seen as defiance. "Just follow first".

6 April 2026

Malaysia

Doctors’ Groups Demand Internal Inquiry Into Housemen Scam, Victim Compensation

MMA and HDK want an internal inquiry into the HTA housemen scam to address structural weaknesses that allowed the crime to occur in the workplace, beyond a police probe. The doctors' groups demand compensation for the 190 victims who suffered RM47k losses.

Tag: housemen

Budget 2027: Permanent Posts Are Progress, Retention Remains Unresolved — Specialist

What I Owe The Next Houseman — Dr Kamal Amzan

Don’t Quit Medicine, Senior Doctors Tell Their Juniors

Taiping Hospital’s Emergency Department Is Also Drowning — Medical Officer

Doctor Workforce In Public Sector Shrinks For First Time In A Decade

Unfair Treatment At HTJS — Houseman

Nationalism Can Curb Doctor Brain Drain, Says KPPA

Admin Error Goes Unpunished, Doctors Suffer The Consequences — Medical Officer

When The System Fails Young Doctors: Lessons From HTA Housemen Scam — Clinician

Doctors’ Groups Demand Internal Inquiry Into Housemen Scam, Victim Compensation

Malaysian Anaesthesiologist First Asian To Lead Global Pain Association

Private Hospital Beds Officially Surpass Public Beds In Penang: Exco

Patients Skipping GPs For Private Hospitals Drive Up Medical Costs: APHM

Poisons Board Endorses Proposed Exemption Of Liquid Nicotine

IHH CEO Reveals Uncomfortable Truths Of Malaysian Health Care