Individuals can send information to Suhakam officers: Mr Abdul Rahman Abdullah at 012-2392307/ [email protected] or Mr Muhammad Faiz Abdul Rahman at 012-8136079/ [email protected].
Dr Norlela Ariffin sends KJ a list of five alleged bullies at Penang Hospital; JKN told her housemen may fear speaking up in a formal state exco health meeting.
Penang exco Dr Norlela Ariffin says a doctor told her: “Senior doctors have to stop talking about their ‘old days’”, while Melaka exco Dr Akmal Saleh threatens action against doctors who bully others.
Contrary to what many think, MOH takes prevention of workplace bullying very seriously. There are sufficient organisational structures to deal with bullying at the hospital level.
“One doctor said I was hopeless and told me to go to the highest floor and jump off the building,” claims a former houseman attached to Penang Hospital.
Dr Kelvin Yii tells Penang Hospital management to take responsibility for the junior doctor's death and for MOH to address toxic workplace environments among health care workers.