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PETALING JAYA: As Covid-19 continues to register five-digit daily infection figures, health experts are urging Malaysians to exercise caution following the relaxation of certain standard operating procedures (SOP) announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Hear our pleas: A filepic showing contract doctors from Hospital Kuala Lumpur during the protest on Monday calling for job security and better carrier opportunities.
PETALING JAYA: The problem the country is facing with contract doctors is not due to the oversupply of medical graduates but the insufficient number of posts available for housemanship, medical experts say.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Faculty of Medicine, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist senior consultant Prof Dr Zaleha Abdullah Mahdy pointed out that the country’s doctor to population ratio was alarmingly imbalanced.
“The problem now is that there aren’t enough posts for doctors to fill in the public health service sector; it has not expanded in line with the population’s needs.