Malaysia Chronicle

PETALING JAYA: The lack of meritocracy in the workplace is among the top three reasons why Malaysians are choosing to migrate and work abroad, says a deputy minister.

Deputy human resources minister Mustapha Sakmud said this was part of the “social injustice” in the workplace, with professionals apparently frustrated by the need to use connections for career progression.

“Developed countries have better laws that protect their workers’ rights from any discrimination, and also provide better salaries.

Mustapha also acknowledged that low wages in Malaysia were driving people to migrate, pointing out that an engineer’s salary had not increased by much in the past 30 years.

He said his son, having first worked as an engineer in 1993 earning RM1,800 a month, was now earning merely RM2,300.

“Can you imagine, in the span of almost 30 years, the increment has been so minimal. How can we expect to retain our professionals?”

He said Singapore had the highest number of Malaysian workers with nearly one million, followed by Australia, the US, the UK and Canada. Most of them were professionals in sectors like oil and gas, power, financial services and sales.

He said his ministry’s data showed that many of those who migrated had trouble finding work in Malaysia. While the trend of Malaysians moving abroad was in decline, he said, the number of Malaysians returning home was “almost non-existent”.

Mustapha said Putrajaya was aiming to at least draw those in their 50s to return to Malaysia and contribute to the nation’s development with their expertise and talent.

“Obviously, we can’t match their current income. But we do know that people in this age range typically would want to come back and contribute their expertise.

“We are far behind, even at the Asean level. I am asking professionals who are currently living abroad to come back and assist us in regaining our status as an ‘Asian Tiger’,” he said. FMT

KEKURANGAN DOKTOR DI HOSPITAL MAKIN KRITIKAL – HABIS IKUT SISTEM KUOTA LAGI KE? IKUT LAGI DASAR ZAMAN MAHAZALIM DAN MAHAFIRAUN?

First here is the relevant news:

Medical brain drain in Malaysia: Listen to the doctors’ grouses ― The Translational Immunology Group for Education, Research and Society (TIGERS)

4,652 unfilled positions cos housemen in training, resignations, terminations
MOH records show all past housemen training slots were filled
Only 62% (7,576) of 12,228 housemen positions filled – MOH data
govt hospitals struggle to recruit, retain enough health care workers

Official MOH records show that all past housemen slots filled
due to steady annual increase in number of medical grads
in 2022, figure fell by 57% to 4,875 medical grads
compared to 8,511 medical grads in 2019
due to medical students could not complete studies in allocated time

(OSTB : Berita ini kurang tepat. Menteri Kesihatan merujuk doktor muda yang graduate daripada IPTA (dan mungkin IPTS). But what is the detailed breakdown of students could not complete studies in allocated time antara IPTA dan IPTS? Siapa yang tak tahu study – student IPTA atau student IPTS? What are the numbers?

And what about Malaysian medical graduates from foreign universities? Ukraine, Russia, India, Indonesia, UK, Australia dsbnya. They are still Malaysian medical doctors. Kenapa Menteri langsung tidak mahu sebut Malaysians who graduate from foreign medical universities? Boring-lah Menteri. As though you do not know how to do your job.)

MOH projected intake 4,000 medical students a year
All medical graduates who registered with MMC, passed PSC screening
immediately appointed to hospital for training without interview
medical grads further subject to application through SPA9 system

1,764 medical grads who passed PSC screening offered placement in 2023
1,954 medical grads granted housemen application reference number by MMC

(OSTB : So many layers of screening – register with MMC, PSC screening, SPA9 system. Ok fine.

But why cant the Ministry streamline the procedure? Buat-lah One Stop Center – the medical grad sends in one application and the Ministry sorts out the MMC, the PSC, the SPA9 etc. (Jangan pula taichi tanggung jawab kepada orang lain – macam Rafizi Ramli – dia kata menurunkan harga kereta bukan tanggungjawab dia pula – tetapi dia menteri jaga ekonomi konon).

In the meantime anak sakit kronik, ayah sakit kritikal di hospital, emak sakit kanser dan banyak masalah kesihatan lagi. And you are dilly-dallying, ding donging about this and that. The sick people are suffering and many are dying – because there is an acute shortage of doctors.

And here is the soalan cepu mas for the Minister. The above news is about the shortage of brand new medical graduates entering service in government hospitals.

What about the specialists? The real life savers at the hospitals are the specialist doctors. There is a worse and extremely acute shortage of medical specialists in every field in the government hospitals. Soalan cepu mas : what is the MOH doing to train and retain medical specialists in our government hospitals?

(Please dont take the shortcut by hiring doctors from Loozebekistan. We can produce our own specialists.)

And here is not at all strange but very sad news:

“The only inference that can be drawn is that Dr .. decided to do so (reject her applications) solely on the basis of the applicant (Dr P’s) race,” the judicial review application read.”
A doctor is suing UM because her application for post-grad specialisation was rejected on the basis of her race !!

I know UM is not under MOH, it is under MOHE but it is still under the Madani gomen and it is still about health care of the rakyat marhaen and about having enough medical specialists at the gomen hospitals. So please do not tai chi.

There are a lot of unworkable, useless and really stupid policies inherited from 62 years of the UMNO/BN being in power. That is the leftover from the Zaman Mahazalim dan Mahafiraun.

Those silly policies could not deliver many things – affordable quality cars to the public, affordable housing, not enough good quality jobs and certainly not enough quality healthcare at government hospitals. They screwed up everything.

As a result people found their lives getting more and more difficult. The peoples’ support for the UMNO/BN began to decrease. It did not happen in one day or in one year. It has taken MORE THAN 18 YEARS for the people to get fed up with the suffering caused by the corrupted, foolish, un-intelligent and racist policies of the UMNO/BN.

So I want to ask the Minister of Health – if you prolong these same Dasar-Dasar Mahazalim dan Mahafiraun which you have inherited from UMNO/BN do you think you will win or loose the support of the voters?
This acute shortage of doctors in the hospitals is part of that problem inherited from the Zaman Mahazalim dan Mahafiraun.

We seriously need young graduate doctors and experienced medical specialists. Every year there are thousands of young Malaysians graduating as doctors from the government universities, from the private universities here and from universities overseas.

As long as their medical degrees are recognised (not only by us but by other more advanced countries as well) then take them in as housemen, let them become medical officers and assist them to further their studies to become specialists – regardless of racial quotas.

The sick people need urgent medical care. Many sick people may not survive if they are not treated well. Look after the sick and the needy first. Play politics later. Please shove the racial quotas aside.

And there is no need to hire doctors from Loozebekistan. We have enough of our own Malaysian doctors here. Just hire them. Dont waste time.

Lastly the Minister said the following about hospital maintenance:

external company appointed by MOH in charge of maintaining public hospitals.
evaluation of services conducted based on indicators stipulated in contract.
continuous monitoring carried out by ministry on services provided by company
If weakness in services provided warning letter, follow-up, issued

The Maintenance Contract for ALL the government hospitals has been given to one syarikat monopoli daripada Zaman Mahazalim dan Mahafiraun.

As I have said before Malaysia is the world’s No 1 capital (ibukota dunia) for governmnt granted monopolies.

The Mahazalim and Mahafiraun governments have been screwing the people by licensing monopolies for everything. Rice import monopoly, port and airport monopolies and oligopolies, toll highway monopolies, 5G monopolies, postal service monopoly, banking oligopolies, kayu gaharu oligopolies, AP impot kereta oligopolies, power distribution monopolies, power generation oligopolies, and even HOSPITAL MAINTENANCE MONOPOLY.

Just one single “external company appointed by MOH in charge of maintaining public hospitals”.

But that was during the time of Zaman Mahazalim dan Mahafiraun.

Now you are no more Mahazalim dan Mahafiraun.

You are now the Madani gomen.
Apa beza antara Mahazalim, Mahafiraun and Madani?
Please dont tell me no difference pula.

Sama-sama serupa juga?

So Muttley, do something. – http://syedsoutsidethebox.blogspot.com/

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