Borneo No-Shows: Doctors Today Have Other Choices — Physician
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If Sabah and Sarawak want to attract doctors, make them want to come. The state governments should top up their federal basic salaries by 30% to 40%, besides providing Cola/housing/regional allowances at RM6,000 a month. Fund three return flights yearly.
From the original report
Much noise has been made about doctors supposedly not turning up for permanent postings in Sabah and Sarawak.
First, some perspective: the reported 70 to 76 per cent no-show figures, and even 100 per cent no-shows, are still preliminary, and the Ministry of Health (MOH) has said officers have until October 7 to complete their reporting process. So yes, get the final numbers first.
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