Feb 2024 – Press Statement 

29 Feb 2023 – Call to implement shift system for public healthcare doctors

 
PETALING JAYA: To prevent brain drain and burnout involving doctors at public healthcare facilities, Putrajaya should consider switching to a shift system, says Malaysian Medical Association president Dr Azizan Abdul Aziz.

28 Feb 2023 – Switch To Shift System In Public Health Care To Prevent Burnout, Brain Drain — MMA

 
MMA proposes a shift system in Malaysia’s public health service, similar to the European Working Time Directive that limits the working week to an average 48 hours. In Malaysia, government doctors doing active on-calls work 60-84 hours weekly on average.

28 Feb 2023 – MMA: Address burnout among public healthcare personnel or risk brain drain

 
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) wants the government to address burnout among medical personnel in the public healthcare sector or risk them leaving.

28 Feb 2023 – MMA saran 3 syif harian elak doktor lesu upaya

 
PETALING JAYA: Persatuan Perubatan Malaysia (MMA) menggesa kerajaan melaksanakan sistem tiga syif harian dan elaun fleksibel bagi mengelakkan kelesuan upaya dalam kalangan doktor serta penghijrahan bakat berterusan.

28 Feb 2023 – MMA proposes 3 shifts daily for doctors to prevent burnout

 
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has called on the government to adopt a three-shift system daily, along with the introduction of a flexi-allowance, to prevent burnout among doctors and a further brain drain.

28 Feb 2023 – Malaysian medical officers can’t go on working for 60 to 84 hours a week, doctors’ group warns Health Ministry

 
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Feb — The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has warned the Ministry of Health of the working hours of medical officers in public healthcare system, which it said can stretch up to 84 hours a week..

28 Feb 2023 – Malaysian Medical Association Proposes Doctor Shift System to Combat Burnout and Brain Drain

 
 Discover how the Malaysian Medical Association is advocating for a shift system to address the severe burnout and brain drain affecting doctors in Malaysia’s public healthcare sector, aiming to improve work-life balance and patient care quality.

28 Feb 2023 – Implement shifts for doctors to prevent burnout, brain drain, says MMA

 

PETALING JAYA: To prevent brain drain and burnout involving doctors at public healthcare facilities, Putrajaya should consider switching to a shift system, says the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA).

21 Feb 2023 – LETTER | MMA supports setting up of designated smoking areas

 

LETTER | The Malaysian Medical Association will support the establishment of designated smoking areas (DSAs), which is being considered by the Health Ministry.

21 Feb 2023 – Doctors back designated smoking areas, but say plan must prioritise public health than smokers

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has declared its support for the Health Ministry’s proposal to introduce designated areas for smokers near food premises that are located close to each other.

20 Feb 2023 – MMA supports establishment of designated smoking areas

 

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) supports the establishment of designated smoking areas (DSAs) as currently being considered by the Ministry of Health (MOH).

20 Feb 2023 – MMA backs designated smoking area idea

 

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association backs the establishment of designated smoking areas, but says the initiative must be carefully planned and executed.

7 Feb 2023 – Medical association calls on govt to review MOs specialist training pathways policy

 

KUCHING, Feb 7 ― The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) is calling on the government to review its policy regarding Medical Officers’ (MOs) access to specialist training pathways.

6 Feb 2023 – Make HLP Scholarship Optional For Specialisation Through Parallel Pathway — MMA

 

MMA tells the government to let doctors choose if they want to apply for the HLP scholarship to specialise through the parallel pathway, instead of the current mandatory status, as some are waiting 1 to 4 years for the HLP to enter specialisation training.

6 Feb 2023 – NST Leader: Hello, doc

 

FINALLY, the doctors are getting the call they were waiting for 10 years: new on-call rates. About time, given the aged rate. Doctors, too, succumb to the disease called rising cost of living.

6 Feb 2023 – MMA mahu kerajaan lihat balik syarat doktor sambung program ‘Parallel Pathway’

 

KUALA LUMPUR: Persatuan Perubatan Malaysia (MMA) menggesa kerajaan melihat semula syarat yang menetapkan calon yang mahu mendapatkan Latihan Ijazah Lanjutan Kepakaran atau ‘Parallel Pathway’ perlu mendapatkan biasiswa Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan (HLP).

1 Feb 2023 – Medical association supports Parallel Pathway programme for training of specialists

 

KUCHING (Feb 1): The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) unequivocally supports the Parallel Pathway Programme for the training of specialists in government hospitals and clinics across the country in addition to the masters programme run by local universities.

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