Doctors grouse over why MPs get so much more money
A press statement by the health ministry on the on-call allowance for doctors has turned into a debate over how little government doctors earn for their hard work compared to how much more MPs receive, despite seemingly working less.
The Schomos section of the Malaysian Medical Association took the ministry to task for including in its statement of doctors’ allowances a list of 21 allowances that all civil servants are entitled to receive.
Another group, Hartal Doktor Kontrak, juxtaposed the allowances in the ministry’s statement with the list of monthly payments for MPs, which it says is several times more compared to the doctors who work much longer hours than the elected representatives.
The two groups were referring to a health ministry statement that revised on-call allowance would be implemented next year together…
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