KUALA LUMPUR – Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has given his assurance that better interim solutions to issues facing health officers serving the government on contract will be found.
Khairy gave this commitment in an online discussion with the Contract Doctors Hartal Movement secretariat this afternoon.
“Several matters were raised, including the method of assessing performance for permanent positions, opportunities for further studies and the future of their profession,” he said on Facebook.
In July, a group of contract doctors with the Health Ministry had launched the #HartalDoktorKontrak movement to express their dissatisfaction on the lack of permanent posts for an estimated 23,000 contract health officers across the country.
Following that, the government announced that contract medical, dental and pharmaceutical officers would be given a two-year contract after they have completed their compulsory service to ensure continuity in service and as preparation for them to take up specialist studies. – Bernama, September 21, 2021
