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MMA urges govt to create more permanent posts for doctors

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has urged the government to immediately create more permanent posts for medical officers as part of efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. MMA president Prof Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandy said that addressing human resource issues in government healthcare is vital in the fight against Covid-19 and beyond. “The […]

Consider non-Sarawakian doctors in state too

KUCHING: Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) Sarawak has proposed that besides Sarawak-born doctors, the Health Ministry (MoH) should also consider giving permanent posts to non-Sarawakian doctors presently serving in the state and who are married to Sarawakians. “These doctors are likely to serve the state in the longer term with such family ties,” said MMA Sarawak […]

Limiting the number of medical graduates is not the answer

KUCHING: While there are undoubtedly more doctors these days, public expectation of quality of service has also increased, said Dr Bernard Ting, medical lecturer at the Department of Psychological Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas). He said that limiting the number of local medical graduates would not necessarily reduce the number of doctors as there are […]

Bangladesh suspends six doctors

DHAKA: Bangladesh suspended six doctors from government service Saturday after they were allegedly found unwilling to treat coronavirus patients and remained absent from work without prior notice. Anadolu Agency reported a Directorate of Health Services as saying that doctors from the Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital were suspended under the Government Service Rule and the Health Ministry would take further actions against the […]

Over 25,000 doctors from around China arrive Hubei to fight COVID-19

BEIJING: More than 25,000 doctors from all parts of China have arrived in the province of Hubei to help their colleagues fight the outbreak of COVID-19, Sputnik news agency reported Deputy Director of the National Health Commission Wang Hesheng as saying. “At the moment, 217 medical teams with 25,633 doctors have been sent to the province […]