medical officers (MOs) Archives

10 February 2026

Letter

Critical Manpower Shortage, Unsafe Working Conditions At HTAR Klang — Medical Officer

An MO raises dire shortages of HOs and MOs at HTAR Klang's medical department with only 15 HOs and 40 MOs (available as active working manpower). An MO manages 30-35 patients concurrently in wards, 6-7 active on-calls a month, without HO support overnight.

6 January 2026

Letter

Overworked, Understaffed, Overwhelmed: A Data-Driven Reality For Medical Officers At HSAJB — Medical Officers

HSAJB medical officers show manpower numbers at the major tertiary hospital that reveal a system operating beyond safe and sustainable limits: 2 MOs manage 80 ED patients daily, medical wards function with 2-3 MOs for 36 beds, nearly 500 admissions weekly.

18 December 2025

Malaysia

SSPA Slashes BIW Allowance For New Medical Officers Posted To Sabah, Sarawak

Under SSPA, the BIW allowance is cut to a fixed RM360 monthly rate for new P&P officers appointed Dec 2024 for postings to Sabah/Sarawak/Labuan, compared to the old BIW rate of percentage of salary. UD14 medical officers face 64% disparity in BIW payments.

22 August 2025

Letter

Overworked MOs, Pregnancy-Related Health Risks Among Staff At A Selangor Klinik Kesihatan — Medical Officer

Pregnant staff at an understaffed Klinik Kesihatan in Selangor are allegedly allowed to leave work early only at 36 weeks' gestation instead of 22 weeks. Some pregnant MOs developed hypertension. Overworked doctors are further burdened with taking vitals.

7 August 2025

Malaysia

MOH Forms WhatsApp Groups To Poll Medical Officers On Earlier Reporting Date

MOH's human resource division created WhatsApp groups to poll the June batch of MOs on a proposal to expedite the reporting date for permanent posts from Oct 2 to Sept 2, without sending official emails. MOH says the poll result will be tabled internally.

6 February 2024

Letter

Make HLP Scholarship Optional For Specialisation Through Parallel Pathway — MMA

MMA tells the government to let doctors choose if they want to apply for the HLP scholarship to specialise through the parallel pathway, instead of the current mandatory status, as some are waiting 1 to 4 years for the HLP to enter specialisation training.

6 February 2024

Letter

Health Care Settings Won’t Collapse Without Sufficient Housemen — Ministry Of Health Malaysia

MOH anticipates recovery in housemen numbers as medical school training is no longer disrupted, adding that MOs and specialists are responsible for medical care. "The notion that health care settings would collapse without sufficient HOs is unfounded."

15 January 2024

Malaysia

UMMC’s Medicine Department Mulls ‘Zero HO Protocol’, With Indefinite Critical Houseman Shortage

A dire houseman shortage is forcing UMMC's Medicine Department to mull a Zero HO Protocol: operating without HOs. The department is cutting certain services and collecting reported cases of suboptimal care or "near misses" resulting from manpower shortage.

Tag: medical officers (MOs)

Critical Manpower Shortage, Unsafe Working Conditions At HTAR Klang — Medical Officer

Overworked, Understaffed, Overwhelmed: A Data-Driven Reality For Medical Officers At HSAJB — Medical Officers

SSPA Slashes BIW Allowance For New Medical Officers Posted To Sabah, Sarawak

Overworked MOs, Pregnancy-Related Health Risks Among Staff At A Selangor Klinik Kesihatan — Medical Officer

MOH Forms WhatsApp Groups To Poll Medical Officers On Earlier Reporting Date

Make HLP Scholarship Optional For Specialisation Through Parallel Pathway — MMA

Health Care Settings Won’t Collapse Without Sufficient Housemen — Ministry Of Health Malaysia

UMMC’s Medicine Department Mulls ‘Zero HO Protocol’, With Indefinite Critical Houseman Shortage

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Critical Manpower Shortage, Unsafe Working Conditions At HTAR Klang — Medical Officer