Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) Archives

18 January 2024

Malaysia

MOH And MOHE Must Resolve Their ‘Bad Blood’: Musa Nordin

Dr Musa Nordin calls for a joint MOH-MOHE task force to resolve doctor shortages and other staffing issues in MOH and university hospitals, saying there has been much “bad blood” between health care staff on the ground and leaders in MOH and academia.

17 January 2024

Malaysia

After ‘Zero’ Housemen Exposé, UMMC Restates Gag Order

After CodeBlue's story on a proposed "Zero HO Protocol" at UMMC's Medicine Department, the teaching hospital's management warned staff against making comments about UMMC on social media, including personal accounts, that could "tarnish" UMMC's reputation.

16 January 2024

Malaysia

UMMC Doctors Tout Parallel Houseman System, Full Independence From MOH

To resolve an "extreme" houseman shortage, doctors at UMMC’s medicine department suggest a parallel HO system to MOH and hiring more permanent service medical officers, including a clear pathway to specialisation, so that UMMC can be entirely self-reliant.

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.

10 January 2024

Malaysia

UMMC Adds Covid-19 Beds After Cases Rise In Hospital, Services Unaffected

UMMC has added 4 Covid beds after a rise in cases at the teaching hospital. Management says Covid-19 cases within UMMC are currently under control, adding that its services remain unaffected and comprehensive protocols have been taken to protect employees.

10 March 2023

Letter

Wage Theft And Tolerant Doctors: Stop The Nonsense! — Dr Timothy Cheng

Getting a doctor to work on a Saturday and Sunday and telling them "you cannot claim" is essentially saying that they have to work for free. This is not only happening in UMMC, but also other centres. Stop this nonsense, writes Dr Timothy Cheng.

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.

9 September 2022

Malaysia

Why MP Maria Wants An MOH Hospital In Petaling Jaya

Maria Chin Abdullah says treatments at UMMC, a teaching hospital, can cost tens of thousands of ringgit, while MOH hospitals in Shah Alam, Sungai Buloh, and Selayang are too far from PJ residents.

15 December 2020

Malaysia

UMMC, HPKK Getting 100% Emoluments Under Budget 2021

The minister of higher education says UMMC’s non-emolument need is very high and approval for non-emoluments is restricted based on a ceiling for teaching hospitals.

25 November 2020

Malaysia

Budget Cuts Hit Covid-19 Hospital UMMC, UKM Specialist Children’s Hospital

The allocation for medicines for all university hospitals was reduced by RM5 million in MOHE's 2021 budget; it's unclear how much money has been allocated for teaching hospitals' drugs under the special RM1 billion Covid-19 sum.

Tag: Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC)

MOH And MOHE Must Resolve Their ‘Bad Blood’: Musa Nordin

After ‘Zero’ Housemen Exposé, UMMC Restates Gag Order

UMMC Doctors Tout Parallel Houseman System, Full Independence From MOH

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

UMMC Adds Covid-19 Beds After Cases Rise In Hospital, Services Unaffected

Wage Theft And Tolerant Doctors: Stop The Nonsense! — Dr Timothy Cheng

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

Why MP Maria Wants An MOH Hospital In Petaling Jaya

UMMC, HPKK Getting 100% Emoluments Under Budget 2021

Budget Cuts Hit Covid-19 Hospital UMMC, UKM Specialist Children’s Hospital

Admin Assistant Allegedly Scams Nearly 190 Housemen Out Of RM47,000 At HTA

SPM BM, History Requirements Worsening Housemen Shortage: Doctor

We Finally Solved Malaysia’s Doctor ‘Oversupply’: 5,000 Posts, 529 Doctors — Clinician

New Alzheimer’s Drug In Malaysia May Slow Disease Progression By Eight Years

‘First-Come, First-Served’, Pharma Company Tells MOH Hospitals As Supply Tightens