GEORGE TOWN: The high-stress levels housemen face have been an open secret for quite some time.On a

housemen. ALSO READ: ‘Bully doctors’ to stay put “ Heard their experiences before they start their

KUALA LUMPUR: Being a doctor is not easy and this is reflected in the stress and long working hours of housemanship programmes, says the Malaysian Medical Association( MMA).“ Those who are not cut out to be medical doctors will just quit as can be seen in the high rate of attrition during housemanship of at least 26%, ” said its president Dr Koh Kar Chai. However, he said the current system should remain while bullying and its causes are addressed.“ But are we about to declare that the houseman

KUALA LUMPUR: The recruitment of medical graduates for housemanship is continuing and has never been stopped, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.He added such intakes were carried out based on the approval of the Public Service Department( JPA) to give work exposure to trainees as required under the Medical Act 1971( Amendment 2012).“ Since December 2016, the recruitment of medical graduates has been made on contract so that appointments can be made despite the limited number of perma

GEORGE TOWN: The Health Ministry has received an initial report on the death of the houseman from his department head in Penang, says Khairy Jamaluddin( pic). The Health Minister said police are also completing their investigation. ALSO READ: Penang Health Dept confirms death of houseman" The Health Ministry will set up an independent task force to investigate this case and the alleged' bullying' culture," he said in a tweet on Friday( May 6).A houseman in Penang Hospital recently fell to his de

PETALING JAYA: Temporary Registration Certificates may now be issued to medical graduates who had earlier been given a letter of eligibility to register by the Malaysian Medical Council( MMC) but have had their graduate training placements temporarily postponed, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba( pic).Dr Adham said the Health Ministry is taking this issue seriously.“ This postponement was made in accordance with the MMC’s explanation that the appointment offers and the graduate train

PUTRAJAYA: The healthcare work culture improvement task force’s to-do list includes proposing improvements to the work culture and human resources management for public health services. Unveiled by the Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin here yesterday, the task force, led by former Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry secretary-general Datuk Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir, will also analyse information and the results of investigation into the recent death of a houseman attached to the Penang Hosp

KUALA LUMPUR-Johor's ruler has expressed disappointment with the glacial pace of the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out in his state, as the opposition claimsthat four vaccination centres have shut down temporarily after running out of vaccines amid a nationwide supply crunch." I feel the vaccination rate is still too slow and needs to be accelerated urgently.... I hope the federal government can also increase vaccine supplies to Johor," Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar said on his Facebook page on Wednesday

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is expected to start vaccinating its adolescents around the end of October once the adult herd immunity target is reached, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin( pic). After co-chairing the state-level Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force( CITF) meeting with Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor on Monday( Sept 6), he said the Federal Government is committed to sending Sabah 2.89 million Covid-19 vaccine doses this month." With these deliveries, we are confident Sabah will be a

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 36 bullying cases have been received through the HelpDoc complaint line since it was launched in 2017, says the Malaysian Medical Association. Its president, Dr Koh Kar Chai said the figure was out of the 120 cases reported through the hotline. HelpDoc was set up to give assistance to doctors to report bullying cases without the fear of being reprimanded." There were about 120 cases reported through the hotline and 36 of them involved bullying while further breakdown inc