Treat our medical workers better or risk a collapsed healthcare system
A nationwide strike among government medical contract doctors on July 26 exposed the “dark side” of the contract doctor profession in Malaysia. Introduced in 2016, the contract healthcare workers’ system was meant to limit housemanships and provisionally registered pharmacists due to excessive suppl...
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The Malaysian Insight
2021
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/91730/1/91730_Treat%20our%20medical%20workers%20better%20or%20risk%20a%20collapsed%20healthcare%20system%20_%20The%20Malaysian%20Insight.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/91730/ https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/335389 |
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| Summary: | A nationwide strike among government medical contract doctors on July 26 exposed the “dark side” of the contract doctor profession in Malaysia. Introduced in 2016, the contract healthcare workers’ system was meant to limit housemanships and provisionally registered pharmacists due to excessive supply of medical and pharmacy graduates. A new contract imposed on junior healthcare workers, especially doctors has led to an unprecedented dispute. |
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