Grateful medical graduates wish to serve Sarawak
BY MA CHEE SENG AND NATASHA JEE KUCHING: The 35 Yayasan Sarawak-sponsored medical graduates of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) have expressed their deepest appreciation to the Sarawak government. The Doctor of Medicine graduates received their scrolls from Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg during the second session of Unimas’ 26th Convocation […]
Bullying in public hospitals an open secret
By Sarah Hafizah Chandra & Alexandra Lorna BRIGHT young medical graduates are potential future specialists who can greatly contribute to the society. Hence the formation of the new ‘Healthcare Work Culture Improvement Task Force’ is opportune to address the bullying of housemen in public hospitals. Datuk Ibrahim Baki (GPS-Satok) pointed out that the bullying of […]
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 […]
