PETALING JAYA: Hartal Doktor Kontrak will seek a meeting with Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa next week to discuss issues affecting them.
A spokesman for the group said any unplanned strike by doctors will not be ethical as it may jeopardise the lives of their patients.
The spokesman said some of the movement leaders who are contract doctors with the government have been receiving “letters” from the Health Ministry.“We had not planned any strike. If we are going to hold a strike, we will ensure that there will be a notice period given and it will be a planned event. In the last strike, we gave a one month notice and planned it in a way that patients will not be affected.
“However, the minister has offered to meet us after the news of the unplanned strike emerged. That strike may be organised by another group of doctors who are not affiliated with Hartal Doktor Kontrak. “It is not only contract doctors who are in this situation. Healthcare inspectors and many other staff on contract, who has played frontliner roles during the Covid-19 pandemic, are also being laid off after their contracts end.
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