The MPs’ dilemma and doctors’ expectations
From Dr Gunalan Palari Arumugam
I refer to the interview of Dewan Rakyat speaker Johari Abdul on the BFM radio station on Sept 26.
I take this opportunity to express my deepest sympathies to him and the rest of the parliamentarians on the meagre salaries they receive as MPs and the amount of money they have to spend to deal with their constituents’ incessant requests.
He said while doctors got to keep all of their salaries, MPs had tonnes of other expenses that needed to be deducted from their salaries. As expected, the response from the healthcare fraternity was fast and furious.
The healthcare fraternity needs to understand that they are not the only ones working hard in this country. The poor MPs are toiling away in the air-conditioned Dewan Rakyat with well-thought intellectual arguments and points on par with Oxbridge-level debaters.
After gruelling days of debates and standing up and being told to sit down repeatedly, damaging their knees and vocal cords in the process,…
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