Today, I’m in solidarity with my younger brother, my SIL and all our junior doctors who are mistreated, underpaid, overworked and opressed. Everyday I see them suffering but still wake up to treat patients. #HartalDoktorKontrakpic.twitter.com/tfdn54jV0k Ainie Haziqah (@AinieHaziqah) July 26, 2021
More than 20,000 doctors are estimated to join the strike.
Pleas and warnings
It’s understood that stakeholders within Malaysia’s healthcare system tried everything they could to discourage doctors from taking part in the protest.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah had yesterday reminded contract doctors of the oath which they had taken as doctors and public servants – pleading to his “junior colleagues” not to abandon their posts in protest.