Tag: on-call rate

13 December 2023

Lukanisman: Doctors Overworked Like ‘Zombies’, Raise RM9 Hourly On-Call Allowance

Deputy Health Minister Lukanisman acknowledges today that government doctors work without sleep like "zombies", admitting that medical officers are paid RM9/hour for weekend on-call. Senator Dr Lingeshwaran says the RM9 rate is lower than for Grab drivers.

8 December 2023

Malaysia

Health In Anwar Government’s First Year: Grade D – CodeBlue Review

Health didn't improve in the Anwar govt's first year; it wasn’t even status quo, but worsened due to abhorrent policies, notably liquid nicotine delisting & forced resignations on contract doctors & pharmacists. CodeBlue marks the govt Grade D for health.

3 November 2023

Malaysia

Anwar Government Retains Status Quo On Doctors’ On-Call Allowance, Selection Criteria, Promotion

Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa has decided to maintain the status quo on doctor issues: no raise of on-call allowance, no point system for selection for permanent posts, no promotion to UD43 after housemanship, no backdating of permanent appointment.

27 June 2023

Malaysia

Four Medical Groups Want MOH’s ‘Inaccurate’ Statement Retracted, Demand Salary And Allowance Reviews

Four medical groups – MMA, IMAM, HDK, and MMI – demand a retraction of MOH's "irresponsible" and "inaccurate" statement on doctors' on-call allowance. The groups also want a review of health workers' salaries and allowances that should be done every 5 years.

26 June 2023

Malaysia

MMA, Hartal Denounce ‘Misinformation’ By MOH On Doctors’ On-Call Allowance

The Malaysian Medical Association and Hartal Doktor Kontrak slam "fake" claims and "misinformation" in MOH's statement defending the current rate of doctors' on-call allowance, including the claim that UD52 specialist doctors earn over RM17,000 a month.

26 June 2023

Malaysia

MOH: Inaccurate To Calculate Doctors’ On-Call Allowance By Hourly Rates

MOH says it's inaccurate to calculate medical officers' RM220 allowance for active on-call on weekends/ public holidays on an hourly basis of RM9.16/ hour. MOH touts calculating a doctor's daily wages (base salary + allowances, including on-call) instead.

12 April 2023

Letter

‘Wage Theft’ Saga At UMMC Continues – Enslaved Doctor

A UMMC doctor claims the university hospital is on a witch-hunt, searching for the complainant who previously wrote to CodeBlue about alleged wage theft at UMMC. Till now, “enslaved” internal medicine MOs still can’t claim their passive on-call allowance.

28 March 2023

Malaysia

After UMMC, UPM Teaching Hospital Too Accused Of ‘Wage Theft’

A doctor accuses UPM’s teaching hospital, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah UPM Hospital, of not compensating Master’s trainees for on-call work; only service MOs receive on-call allowances. "RM200 is a lot for a medical officer who's doing Master's training."

9 March 2023

Malaysia

Accused Of ‘Wage Theft’, UMMC Says Only ‘Authorised’ On-Call Staff Are Paid

A doctor accuses UMMC of "wage theft" for not compensating passive on-call work that is worth RM560-RM980 monthly (10%-20% of salary), but the university hospital says only individuals on the authorised on-call schedule are eligible for on-call allowances.

3 March 2023

Malaysia

Bandar Kuching MP Lobbies Government To Raise Doctors’ On-Call Claims

Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii says the RM25/ hour weekend on-call allowance that government doctors are asking for (178% increase from current RM9) is a "reasonable" demand, adding that he's lobbying the government to raise doctors' on-call claims, a "low-lying fruit".

Tag: on-call rate

Lukanisman: Doctors Overworked Like ‘Zombies’, Raise RM9 Hourly On-Call Allowance

Health In Anwar Government’s First Year: Grade D – CodeBlue Review

Anwar Government Retains Status Quo On Doctors’ On-Call Allowance, Selection Criteria, Promotion

Four Medical Groups Want MOH’s ‘Inaccurate’ Statement Retracted, Demand Salary And Allowance Reviews

MMA, Hartal Denounce ‘Misinformation’ By MOH On Doctors’ On-Call Allowance

MOH: Inaccurate To Calculate Doctors’ On-Call Allowance By Hourly Rates

‘Wage Theft’ Saga At UMMC Continues – Enslaved Doctor

After UMMC, UPM Teaching Hospital Too Accused Of ‘Wage Theft’

Accused Of ‘Wage Theft’, UMMC Says Only ‘Authorised’ On-Call Staff Are Paid

Bandar Kuching MP Lobbies Government To Raise Doctors’ On-Call Claims

DPAM Plans Masterclass For Health Professionals To Reduce Dengue Deaths

UiTM Willing To ‘Temporarily’ Open Up Cardiothoracic Surgery Postgrad Programme To Non-Bumi Parallel Pathway Trainees, Graduates: Professor

Prove Direct UK GMC Recognition Of Cardiothoracic Surgery Parallel Pathway: Ex-MATCVS President

UiTM ‘Confident’ Of Getting MMC Recognition For Rigorous Malaysia’s First Local Cardiothoracic Surgery Programme

Yang Faridah Appointed Universiti Malaya Dean Of Medicine