KUALA LUMPUR: Healthcare stakeholders are hopeful that the 2025 Budget will address some of the sector’s ongoing challenges by focusing on new on-call...
: Healthcare stakeholders are hopeful that the 2025 Budget will address some of the sector’s ongoing challenges by focusing on new on-call rates, shortage of experts, and continuing efforts to increase funding allocations.
“Since then, there have been no adjustments, despite the growing responsibilities and pressures faced by medical professionals. This need for change is underscored by the recent salary adjustments for civil servants announced in August. Dr Muhammad said the Malaysian Medical Association is also prioritising the demand to increase on-call duty allowances, recommending that the rate be raised to RM25 per hour for medical officers and RM30 per hour for specialists.“Therefore, the government should also address the growing number of healthcare workers, which is currently not keeping pace with the doctor-to-patient ratio. This imbalance needs urgent attention,” he said.
In dealing with the shortage of grade UD56 specialists, MMA President Datuk Dr Kalwinder Singh Khaira hopes for more Special Appointments for Incumbents at Special Grade C in the 2025 Budget, noting that the last such appointments were made in 2012. Meanwhile, Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society president Prof Amrahi Buang emphasised the urgent need for increased public-private partnership efforts to enhance healthcare service delivery nationwide.
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