The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) expresses concern that the new Waktu Bekerja Berlainan (WBB) shift system, aimed at reducing working hours, may lead to income loss for medical officers and specialists. While on-call allowances will increase for weekend and public holiday shifts, weekday on-call claims will be unavailable. The MMA also highlights insufficient manpower as a potential obstacle to the system's implementation, urging the Health Ministry to address these concerns.
PETALING JAYA: The income of public healthcare medical officers and specialists will be affected through the implementation of the Waktu Bekerja Berlainan pilot shift system, says the Malaysian Medical Association .
Dr Kalwinder said there is still insufficient manpower on the ground, adding that this will make it difficult to implement the WBB system.“At the moment, the current healthcare distribution of our healthcare workforce is struggling to manage the high workloads. “We call on the government to immediately implement this announced increase in on-call allowance across all public healthcare facilities, regardless of shift system.
HEALTHCARE SHIFT SYSTEM DOCTOR INCOME MALAYSIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MANPOWER SHORTAGE
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