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Further Clarification Needed on the New Deal for Contract Healthcare Professionals
We refer to the above matter. This is a press statement released by Malaysian Medics International (MMI) urges the government to ensure clarity as well as the implementation of the current plan alongside future medium and long term plans to safeguard the sustainability of the future of our healthcare system.
A Call for Healthcare Students to be Vaccinated
We refer to the above matter. This is a press statement released by Malaysian Healthcare Students Alliance (MHSA) urges the government to prioritise the vaccination of healthcare students.
“Code Black: Saving Our Malaysian Contract Healthcare Workers”
While our frontliners relentlessly work themselves to the bone in face of the COVID-19 pandemic, hopeful that their sacrifices would warrant a change in the flawed contract system, they are struck instead by government inaction. With the current contract term edging closer to an end, the fate of our health care workers evolves into an urgent question the government is yet to answer.……
“...if a mother could carry out such heinous acts on her daughter, who else could I trust?”
“Am I still alive? Where am I? Where is she?”
Tears rolled down the side of my cheeks as I attempted to shake off the remnants of my nightmare. Amidst my disorientation, I needed some sort of affirmation that it was all a dream – a bad one revolved around the negative themes of abandonment and murder. The voice of a loved one over the phone soothed my racing thoughts and provided me with the reassurance I needed..……
An Urgent Call for the Government to Take Immediate Action to Resolve Issues Faced by Contract Medical Officers
We refer to the above matter. This is a press statement released by Malaysian Medics International to call on the Ministry of Health, MoH, to consider and address the root issues aggravating and perpetuating the injustices of the current contract system.
“...it is up to us to break the taboo.”
I started out great with aspirations to become a good doctor and was offered a scholarship to read medicine in China. Life, in simple terms, wasn’t going too badly. Who would have known I would also fall victim to depression.……
“A hug may not seem much to you, but to me, it is everything.”
The ever-waging war in my mind compelled me to isolate myself from the world. Toxic and pessimistic thoughts clouded my rational mind and sound judgement. I was well acquainted with the feeling of loneliness and hopelessness but when they became too overbearing, I succumbed to the temptation of self-harming.……
“It felt as if I was living life from a third person’s point of view.”
It was my second year in medical school- the first time I experienced an overbearing wave of sadness. I knew something was off, it was way too soon for me to be graduating from a bright-eyed freshie to a beaten-up medical student. The dread loomed for weeks before I decided to see a GP, who slotted me in a two-month long waiting list. I was lost, depressed and desperate; my condition was spiralling downwards every single day.
Yet, all I could do was wait. .……