Assign more locally graduated contract doctors to serve in Sarawak
MIRI: The reassignment of some 40 contract doctors here may result in a slowdown of medical services in Miri General Hospital and increase the workload for other doctors, said Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Youth Central Publicity and Information secretary Kelvin Hii. To this end, Hii, who is also the SUPP Pujut Youth chief, urged the […]
Cabinet agrees to set up committee to handle contract doctor issue
PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet yesterday (March 31) agreed to establish a high-level committee to deal with the issue of contract doctors, which is a hot topic now, said Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa. In a statement today, she said the committee will comprise representatives of several ministries and agencies, including the Chief Secretary to the Government […]
MOH mulls study facility equivalent to federal training prize for contract doctors
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MOH) is mulling to allow contract medical officers to pursue a specialist or Master’s degree with a study facility equivalent to the Federal Training Prize made available to permanent medical officers, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said it was one of the measures to ensure the […]
Cabinet to discuss appeal by contract doctors
KLANG: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will discuss with the cabinet on the appeal by contract doctors to be appointed to permanent positions in the civil service. He said the matter had to be discussed thoroughly as it would involve cost of more than RM2 billion to the government. “There are appeals from contract […]
