Uncertain future looms for doctors as contracts near end

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Contract doctors who joined after 2016 and are reaching the end of their seventh year in public service have been told they may lose their jobs.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/10/18/uncertain-future-looms-for-doctors-as-contracts-near-end/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #ContractDoctors #HealthMinistry

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00:00A group of contract doctors approaching the end of seven years in public service have

00:07been told to prepare to leave unless notified otherwise by the authorities.

00:13These doctors, who were initially offered a three-year houseman contract in 2016, have

00:18since received two extensions, with most contracts ending this year.

00:22They have all applied to be reabsorbed into government service under the new interim contract

00:28system but the results have been delayed.

00:31According to Senator Dr. R. A. Lingeswaran, a doctor in Penang was forced to stop working

00:37after his contract expired.

00:39Lingeswaran questioned why the health ministry was not finding ways to retain these doctors

00:45during a time when many are quitting.

00:47Meanwhile, a father of a doctor said his daughter was informed by the ministry that her service

00:53will end on November 24 unless she is told otherwise.

00:58She was previously offered a permanent position in Sabah last year but was unable to take

01:03it up due to pregnancy-related travel restrictions.

01:07Her appeal was later rejected by the health ministry.

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