Budget 2025: What Do We Need For The Future of Our Healthcare Workers?

Dr Timothy Cheng, Chairman, MMA’s Section Concerning House Officers, Medical Officers, and Specialists (MMA SCHOMOS) | Lim Jack Shen, General Secretary, Malaysian Pharmacists’ Society

16-Oct-24 16:00

Budget 2025: What Do We Need For The Future of Our Healthcare Workers?

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From burnout to brain drain, the wellbeing and future of our healthcare workers has been a long-standing issue that continues to plague our public healthcare system. What will it take to prioritise the future of our healthcare workers ahead of Budget 2025 and is it just about financial allocations? Here to dive into that and share what’s on their budget wishlist, are Dr Timothy Cheng, Chairman of the Malaysian Medical Association’s Section Concerning House Officers, Medical Officers and Specialists, as well as Lim Jack Shen, General Secretary of the Malaysian Pharmacists’ Society.

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Categories: health policy, government

Tags: oncall rates, the bigger picture, health and living, Budget-2025-Mahsing ⁠, healthcare workers, doctors, pharmacists, burnout, medical brain drain, jpa,

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