Doing so may adress health workers shortage issue at MOH, says Bandar Kuching's Dr Kelvin Yii as others also weigh in

Candidates to report for duty in phases starting Oct 2

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has made it mandatory for contract medical officers appointed to permanent positions to select at least one placement option in Sabah or Sarawak through the e-Placement 2.0 system, to address the uneven distribution of healthcare personnel between Peninsular Malaysia and the Borneo states.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 — The government’s move to expedite the filling of 4,352 positions at public healthcare facilities, including for contract doctors, has been welcomed by medical associations and civil society groups.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — The reduction of shift working hours from 45 to 42 hours per week for five critical service schemes under the Health Ministry (MOH) is expected to lighten the workload of healthcare personnel and enable better service delivery to patients.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — The Immigration Department conducted a special operation on Monday (May 19) at three separate locations in the capital and in Selangor, including a clinic suspected of employing an uncertified foreign doctor.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 — The Health Ministry (MoH)  does not take lightly the resignation of more than 6,000 doctors over the past five years.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will introduce a rotation system to improve the placement of medical officers, particularly in rural and urban areas, to address the shortage of workers in the sector.

KOLKATA, Oct 22 — Junior doctors in India's eastern city of Kolkata called off a 17-day-old hunger strike yesterday, which launched in protest against the rape and murder of a colleague.

JAKARTA, Sept 18 — Indonesia is currently short of 120,000 general practitioners, according to its Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 — The death of a doctor stationed in Lahad Datu, Sabah, must be thoroughly investigated, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

KUCHING, Sept 8 — The government's plan to increase the country's healthcare allocation should be accelerated starting with the upcoming Budget 2025, not only for the sector's infrastructure development but also for its human capital, says Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president Datuk Dr Kalwinder Singh Khaira.

KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR, Aug 17 — Hospitals and clinics across India turned away patients except for emergency cases today as medical professionals staged a 24-hour shutdown in protest over the rape and murder of a doctor this month in the eastern city of Kolkata.

MUMBAI, Aug 16 — Anger over the brutal rape and murder of a doctor in eastern India showed no signs of dying down today, as medics called for the largest shutdown of hospital services in recent times, and political parties geared up for protests.

MUMBAI, Aug 15 — Thousands of women marched across several Indian cities overnight and Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for strict punishment for crimes against women, as outrage and protests against the gruesome rape and murder of a doctor escalated.

SEOUL, March 4 — South Korea's health minister said on Monday authorities will start inspecting hospitals in order to take legal action against trainee doctors who have ignored an ultimatum to end a walkout over government plans to increase medical school admissions.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 – There have been no reports of doctors involved in the Professional Entrepreneur Development Programme (ProSPEC) being burdened with business financing repayments, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

PUTRAJAYA, April 7 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) appreciates the commitment and high professionalism of health personnel in the public service who place the priority of patients above personal interest by rejecting the strike organised by doctors recently.

SERDANG, Feb 28 — Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Alhaj decrees Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) to produce more doctors and professional medical officers to meet current needs.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 17 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) will open its e-placement systems, namely the e-Housemen, e-Dentist and e-Pharmacist, from mid-September this year to enable officers to make an online selection of placement upon receiving the offer of permanent appointment.