I came across Dr. Pagavalan’s recent post on Government Doctors Salary. Things have improved over the years but in comparison with the rest of the real world, the salary is hardly competitive to keep doctors in service. An MO’s take home pay is basically like that of a Drug Sales Reps income. This comment in the blog also tells of problems withe the system
From the blog of this student, it is very obvious that alot of people are still very ignorant/oblivious regarding the real case scenario in government hospitals. Dr Paga is right regarding the limited post grad spaces available and I have also pointed out the various problems in our current Masters programme in Dr Paga’s previous blog post
this blog owner/med student in particular is also overly optimistic regarding his/her chances of becoming a specialist( little does he/she know that it is full of sweat, scarifices, alot of painstaking hard work and also sometimes you have to learn how to kiss ass) I find alot of medical students/med students to be very naive, but I guess they will learn the cold, hard truth once they are stuck in the mud.
Most HOs have not received their so called 600 RM allowance for flexi hours till date.Pity, but exepected.
Most MOs who have worked for minimum 5 years and also have various part 1 MRCP/MRCOG/Masters/etc certs are still at UD44 level.( when is that UD48 gonna come?) Nowadays the MOs have to cover HO jobs as well! Currently a senior MO salary (minimum 5 years working experience) total take home pay after the various deductions is only about RM 4200! One wonders where this blog owner came up with the numbers( Magic show by KKM/JPA rep perhaps?)
Worth noting though, specialist salary and allowances are constantly being reviewed and things have improved, though many of them are still finding it a raw deal.
We are in need of a health services commission, if there is gonna be any hope for doctors in this country.
from the Malaysian Medical Resources
Government Doctors Salary
