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The news below made the headline in NST today. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry! I will leave it to the readers to decide. Everyday, our politicians seem to be making a fool out of themselves. Our country is becoming a laughing-stock of the world! I will say this again that it is [...]

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Wait a minute, I thought I heard there was a moratorium of new medical schools, announced last year!! Then what is this advertisement doing in The Star today?  University College Shahputra has decided to start a medical school. Anyone wants to become the dean? They have just advertised for academic position!! Adding to my latest [...]

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There seem to be conflicting statements in the newspapers about this jobless pharmacy issue. But if you read carefully between the lines, you will realise that the government is running out of post. The SBPA was only introduced in December 2011 but majority of the pharmacist who made the complains applied for job in August [...]

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1 year ago, I wrote this article : http://pagalavan.com/2011/01/02/for-future-doctors-what-if/. It is about what happens if you quit housemanship. Recently I came across a blog of a houseman who I presume has resigned as a doctor due to reasons mentioned in his blog : http://chroniclesofaloner.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/a-letter-to-the-dg/ At the same time, he has also written some suggestion of [...]

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I am sure many of you wanted to rant something after reading my articles over the last few days regarding jobless nurses, brainless Ministry of Health, compulsory rural posting for specialists and very soon, jobless doctors! Well, in Johor we have a Land For Rant! You can come here and rant whatever you want! Sounds [...]

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Today, Berita Harian  made a front page report that KKM has made it compulsory for all specialist, especially the newly qualified,  to serve in rural areas for atleast 6 months. The following circular below was issued on 5/01/2012. It also says that all Housemen who completes housemanship in Klang Valley will be transferred out (page 16) and any transfer [...]

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This is what I call ” Foot in the Mouth” syndrome. The nurses issue made the headline today in the Star. I still remember about less than 10 years ago, the headline was ” Shortage of Nurses”. Then came the euphoria of private nursing colleges mushrooming in every corner of the country. As usual our Health [...]

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Finally, one of the main stream newspaper has brought this issue to the public : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/2/3/nation/10668315&sec=nation, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/2/3/nation/10667498&sec=nation. But I am very sure nothing will happen. One of the reason why the government issued a moratorium of nursing colleges in 2010 is because they are well aware that they have put their foot into their mouth. They had [...]

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Didn’t I say this almost 2 years ago? http://pagalavan.com/2010/04/27/no-more-nursing-schools-from-july/. The government stopped new nursing colleges from July 2010 onwards but this was what I said then:  ”It is good that the government is going to stop new nursing colleges but will this solve the problem? The existing nursing colleges itself are producing thousands of nurses of [...]

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