18 December 2019 Malaysia Half Of 2018 Medical Grads Still Jobless After Six Months MOH is still offering UD41 contracts to medical officers pending approval of their grade change to UD43.
26 November 2019 Malaysia Too Many Doctors, Too Few Jobs Solutions include limiting the number of medical students, medical schools, and housemen positions.
20 November 2019 Malaysia Cabinet Agrees To Promote Contract Junior Doctors, Pharmacists, Dentists Thousands have signed a petition to demand fair wages for contract medical officers.
19 November 2019 Malaysia MOH Aims Placing Housemen In Six Months MOH said that its target timeline for housemanship placement is no more than three months.
15 November 2019 Malaysia MMC May Review Housemanship Period After Revising Standards An MP asked if housemanship could be reduced from two years to one.
14 November 2019 Malaysia Contract Doctor Jobs Don’t Solve Medical Student Glut, Muslim Medical Group Says IMAM wants an entrance exam for medical graduates from foreign universities.
14 November 2019 Malaysia MP: Open Master’s To Contract Officers For Shot At Permanent MOH Posts Dr Kelvin Yii also wants a review of the SKT evaluation system for government doctors.
14 November 2019 Malaysia Nightmare Returns: Gynae Recalls Seven-Year Struggle As Contract Officer Dr John Teo had to resign from his government post to continue specialist training.
13 November 2019 Malaysia MMA: Raise Outpatient Fees To RM2 In Government Health Facilities The doctors’ group also suggested limiting the number of medical graduates.
12 November 2019 Malaysia Dzulkefly Moots Promoting Contract Junior Doctors After Uproar Many responded with issues faced by other professions under MOH.