Around 10,000 to 12,000 contract doctors in Malaysia are expected to go on strike to protest and demand job security and equal treatment, among others, from today until Apr. 5. The protest, organised by Mogok Doktor Malaysia, is expected to see doctors take emergency and medical leave for three days…
GEORGE TOWN: Operations at government hospitals here appeared to be going smoothly on what was supposed to be a "Black Monday" caused by a contract doctors' strike.
PETALING JAYA: Mogok Doktor Malaysia (Malaysian Doctors on Strike) has asked those supporting the nationwide “Black Monday” contract doctors strike to change their social media profile pictures as a show of support to the movement - two years after another similar campaign by a different medical group.
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There are about 22,000 medical officers in government service who graduated in 2016 but were not been automatically hired as has been the practice in the past. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 1, 2021.
CONTRACT medical officers (MOs) are seeking career opportunities overseas after their applications for permanent positions in the civil service were rejected, said doctors.
They said these are the more than 22,000 MOs who graduated between 2016 and now but who were not automatically absorbed into the government service as was the practice in the past.
Health Ministry data showed that between December 2016 and May 31, 2021, a total of 23,077 UD41 contract medical officers were picked to undergo graduate training and compulsory service.