Work crisis faced by Health Ministry staff must be taken seriously - MCA
MCA Deputy Treasurer-General, Datuk Lawrence Low
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In saying this, he added the government needs to do something to improve the existing system to prevent unwanted issue in the future as some have already decided to to leave their careers due to the work pressure.
"Among the problems faced by the ministry staff are an inefficient system, stress and a huge workload, inadequate wages, and a lack of staff in critical places.
"In the 2023 budget, which will be tabled soon, the government needs to allocate greater funding to the Health Ministry to resolve this issue," he said in a statement.
According to the CodeBlue questionnaire results, as many as 62 per cent of the 798 permanent employees in Malaysia's public health system wanted to resign; 41 per were ready to strike.
Meanwhile, more than 70 per cent are overworked, the salary is not on par with their job, and they are "burned out" (a state of physical, mental, and emotional fatigue due to prolonged stress); 58 per cent are medical officers; and 23 per cent are specialists or sub-specialists.
"Does the government want to delay any more on this issue? Does the government want to act after the situation becomes uncontrollable?" he questioned.
He said prevention is better than cure and hoped that the government would look into this issue as soon as possible.
Earlier, a viral tiktok showed a patient having an outburst in a government hospital after being forced to wait for almost 12 hours for a doctor's appointment.
Tiktok user @bisma_ali05 who uploaded this video with the caption: "Yelling angrily at Serdang Hospital's cardiology waiting room, from 8am to 7pm, very bad service."
In the video, a man was seen shouting loudly, stating that his 73-year-old mother had been waiting for her appointment for a long time.
"There are sick people dying here, you know that?!," the man shouted.
