medical officer Archives

14 August 2024

Malaysia

MOH Slammed For ‘Gaslighting’ Medical Officer Caring For Her Baby With Chickenpox

Malaysians have condemned JKN Sarawak's "attack" on a woman medical officer who complained that her husband (an MO in a Klinik Kesihatan) was forced to bring their 8-month-old baby with chickenpox to work. MOH said quarantine leave can be taken "in turns".

24 July 2024

Letter

Plea To The Public: ‘Help Us To Help You’ — Desperate, Overworked Medical Officer

A desperate, overworked medical officer at a government hospital in the Klang Valley pleads with the general public to raise concerns to the government about the "unbearable crisis" faced by doctors in the health service. "We are at our breaking point."

16 May 2024

Letter

A Vicious Cycle: Manpower Shortage Causing Mass Doctor Resignations — Ampang Hospital Specialist

An Ampang Hospital specialist says over 20 medical officers have quit so far since s/he joined the medical department last year. The main issue driving doctor resignations is manpower shortage, including lack of housemen, forcing MOs to play double roles.

26 January 2024

Letter

Response To Frustrated Medical Officer’s Letter On Health Care System Being On The Verge Of Complete And Utter Collapse – Ministry Of Health Malaysia

In response to a medical officer's letter titled "Malaysia’s Health Care System is on the Verge of Complete and Utter Collapse", MOH says that while contract MO resignations surged, resignations among permanent MOs dropped from 915 in 2019 to 342 in 2022.

27 September 2023

Malaysia

At Selayang Hospital’s Understaffed Emergency Department, Doctors Allege Abuse By Patients’ Relatives

Three Selayang Hospital medical officers, including one who quit MOH in August, say verbal abuse against doctors at their understaffed emergency department, mostly by patients’ accompanying family, is rising. Doctors feel their work environment is unsafe.

31 July 2023

Malaysia

Borneo Gains At Klang Valley’s Expense In Permanent Doctors’ Placements

In permanent MOs’ placements, Sabah & Sarawak collectively gain net 1,070 MOs, but Klang Valley loses net 360 MOs. Negeri’s HTJ, Melaka Hospital, and Selangor's Sg Buloh, Serdang, and Selayang hospitals get zero MOs, while losing >80 to ~120 doctors each.

17 July 2023

Malaysia

Kota Melaka MP Demands Action Over Doctor Shortages In Melaka Hospital

Kota Melaka MP Khoo Poay Tiong, a government backbencher from the DAP, wants a public explanation from MOH about the real situation of doctor shortages in Melaka Hospital that has already begun cutting services. "This is quite a serious issue."

2 February 2023

Malaysia

‘My Nurses Can’t Cope. They Are Taking Care Of So Many Babies’: Medical Officer, Selangor

An MO details how in an MOH hospital in Selangor where she served in 2022, the acute (critically ill) section of the neonatal ICU had one nurse to three babies, instead of one-to-one care. She also says young children placed in adult ICUs get traumatised.

24 December 2020

Malaysia

MOH Reviewing Housemen’s Fast-Track Programme For High Performers

The High Performance Housemanship Programme (HPHP) allows house officers to complete their housemanship within 18 months compared to the conventional two years.

26 November 2020

Letter

Nearly 4,000 Medical Officers Set To Lose Government Positions By 2022 — Alumni Associations & MMA

The pandemic we face is challenging not only due to its virulence, but also its effect on health care services that was already overworked, understaffed and overstretched.

Tag: medical officer

MOH Slammed For ‘Gaslighting’ Medical Officer Caring For Her Baby With Chickenpox

Plea To The Public: ‘Help Us To Help You’ — Desperate, Overworked Medical Officer

A Vicious Cycle: Manpower Shortage Causing Mass Doctor Resignations — Ampang Hospital Specialist

Response To Frustrated Medical Officer’s Letter On Health Care System Being On The Verge Of Complete And Utter Collapse – Ministry Of Health Malaysia

At Selayang Hospital’s Understaffed Emergency Department, Doctors Allege Abuse By Patients’ Relatives

Borneo Gains At Klang Valley’s Expense In Permanent Doctors’ Placements

Kota Melaka MP Demands Action Over Doctor Shortages In Melaka Hospital

‘My Nurses Can’t Cope. They Are Taking Care Of So Many Babies’: Medical Officer, Selangor

MOH Reviewing Housemen’s Fast-Track Programme For High Performers

Nearly 4,000 Medical Officers Set To Lose Government Positions By 2022 — Alumni Associations & MMA

‘Zero Pending’, Zero Safety, Zero HCWs: The Burning Crisis At Queen Elizabeth Hospital — Health Worker

Malaysia Faces Emerging Shortage Of Dialysers, Haemodialysis Components

UMMC Denies Radiation Exposure Caused Staff Cancer ‘Cluster’

Too Many Agencies Involved In Doctor Workforce Pipeline: Health DG

Ampang Hospital’s IT System Down For 33 Hours In First Huge Outage