medical officers (MOs) Archives

31 March 2026

Letter

Concerns Regarding Cut To Ophthalmology Master’s Programme Candidates — Medical Officer

The 2026/27 intake for the ophthalmology Master's programme will be reportedly reduced from 60 to 40 candidates this year. Currently, there are only 318 ophthalmologists in public service, reflecting a significant shortfall of over 300 specialists.

30 March 2026

Letter

When An Admin Error Cost A Doctor Months Of Her Career — Dr NA

If medical officers are held accountable for non-compliance, then administrative systems and those responsible for them must also be held to a similar standard. This requires meaningful corrective action that reflects the seriousness of the oversight.

26 March 2026

Letter

Imbalanced Medical Officer Distribution Between Segamat Hospital And Klinik Kesihatan — Medical Officer

A doctor highlights a maldistribution of MOs between Segamat Hospital and KKs that's putting tremendous pressure on Segamat Hospital's emergency unit with only 13 MOs (set to drop to 11 due to resignations). MOs in emergency work 12-14 hours almost daily.

4 March 2026

Letter

Medical Officer Duties, Service Load Strain FMS Gazettement Training — Government Doctor

A government doctor says FMS gazettement trainees juggle medical officer duties, clinics, and administrative work during a six-month training period. This appears specific to Family Medicine, as other specialties do not routinely undertake MO duties during gazettement.

27 February 2026

Malaysia

Hire Foreign Housemen, Medical Officers Now: Galen Centre

The Galen Centre urges the government to immediately initiate recruitment processes to allow foreign housemen and medical officers to work in Malaysia’s national health service. Exceptional health worker shortages are now an “existential” issue.

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.

Tag: medical officers (MOs)

Concerns Regarding Cut To Ophthalmology Master’s Programme Candidates — Medical Officer

When An Admin Error Cost A Doctor Months Of Her Career — Dr NA

Imbalanced Medical Officer Distribution Between Segamat Hospital And Klinik Kesihatan — Medical Officer

Medical Officer Duties, Service Load Strain FMS Gazettement Training — Government Doctor

Hire Foreign Housemen, Medical Officers Now: Galen Centre

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

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

Report: Treasury Wants RM3b Cut To Health Ministry’s 2026 Budget

Too Many Agencies Involved In Doctor Workforce Pipeline: Health DG

Take Action Against Retail Blood Testing In Pharmacies — FPMPAM

Don’t Blame MOH Alone For Health Workforce Shortages — MMA