Friday 12 June 2009

Open Post to the Malaysian Government

Dear Sirs,

I hope you would consider taking some time off from your busy schedule running the country, and take some time to read this petty ramblings of mine. To date, I have been a citizen of Malaysia for the last 25 years, left the country sometime back to New Zealand for a short stint and just cant wait to head back home. Malaysia has always been the place where my heart is, where my blood is, and with current rumbles and tumbles, I will always hold Malaysia up high in my heart.

I was reading through the online version of one of the most circulated local daily, The Star, and cant help but to notice this article. The article is a very good news, from my point of view. Especially when we talk about the additional number of doctors and nurses that the Government is planning to hire. With the current H1N1 pandemic, I am certain this move, though was not quick enough, will prepare our nation, just in case anything unthink of would happen.

However, I would have to say, that hiring 5,000 more doctors and 5,000 more nurses, would not really tackle the major issue. I am not referring to the pandemic, but i am referring to the social welfare of the doctors and nurses currently practising in local hospitals. I am a proud husband of a doctor who is currently practising in one of the hospitals in Malaysia. She is a charm. She work herself off, enjoying it, and she won't give it up for the rest of the world. But, from my point of view, with the taxing schedule at work, balancing the hospital requirements and patients with a needy and clingy husband and a child (maybe soon!), I predict, when she finishes her bond with the Public Service Department, she will be prised away by the private hospitals, which will be able to provide her a less hectic schedule, bigger remuneration package, and a better lifestyle.

I have asked her opinion on working as a private practitioner, she is against it. She said "I owe the country a great deal of debt, and i dont mean financially." But how can that sentiment alone, would toughen her up when there are parties, ready to cater for the skills she owns with better benefits? I had an enjoyable moment reading how one of the top brass in your administration blew his top off at the Accident and Emergency Unit in one of the hospitals recently. Made me think, these doctors, are just waiting to be sniped by the authorities! It turned out the doctors that were told off by the top-shot, was just having a break from attending a patient, and one of them had just finished his shift. Talk about redemption.

I think the government needs to speed up the hiring process for doctors and nurses. Make it your a priority. And, refine the remuneration package. You are expecting them to work 10 hours daily, being efficient at the same time, with minimum amount of mistakes occurences, ( i mean, you're dealing with somebody's life, and limbs here.) but with the inflation rate, cost of living, you're giving them a rather small pay packet each month. Top service, cheap price. Isnt that what all we Malaysians after? Maybe we ought to change the mindset.

I have no intentions to offend, nor do i want to step on anybody's toes, but the plight of these wonderful people that we turn to while having bodysores, headache, and the people we depend on with our life, with scalpels, and torniquets in their hands, may need some attention. Maybe to provide handsome pay is not feasible to the nation's budget, but at least, make their working experience a pleasant one. I hope you would consider my suggestions, but hey, its just an opinion.

Yours Sincerely,
FZ
Top Boyz Inc.

14 comments:

Krasnov said...

Haih...boring........

Jack Lingam said...

ko ni tak top ah

gman said...

setuju!huhu

Anonymous said...

FZ,

Good ler your views,

But it sounds a little bit selfish.

My arguments is -

1. How high would a salary of a doctor would be, and how low would a salary of a doctor would be? Well, it depends, if you think that serving the country is what satisfies you, then hell stick to it.

2. I thought that Public Service Department have this "walk in interview" for doctors what??? But nobody wants to apply,..or maybe shortage of doctors i think..or your arguments is relatively true about the low range pay in the government. See lot of foreign doctors applying working for the government nowadays.

3. Nevertheless, you've got your point but then again, " the world is an unfair places"

AJ said...

hahaha membe aku baru grade medic, tgh wat in house practise kat hospital kerajaan.

lu tau tak basic gaji rm2000++ campur elaun itu ini rm4000++. baru training 2-3 bulan dah sambar myVi SE. gaji sikit mende?

yang patut kita kesian adalah cikgu-cikgu bai....

Jack Lingam said...

syabas AJ. sememang nya cikgu patut gaji agak tinggi. tak pon si abang abang polis yang giat mempertahankan publik liberti yang agak melolos sejak akhir akhir ini.

gaji yang agak aktraktif juga dapat menarik jiwa jiwa para pendidik yang berkeliber tetapi lebih terjelung kedalam industri prebet.

seperti yang aku kata kan dulu, kritikan sinis bukan la cara untuk memperbetulkan sesuatu benda yang bagaikan minyak hitam tepu

Jacko said...

AJ,

Member lu baru grad dapat RM4000? Basic baru RM2000? Ko ingat tu bagus sgt ke?

Risiko dah la tinggi keje doktor. Silap bole mati manusia. Pastu bole kena lawsuit.


Pastu dah la kena keje average 12 jam sehari. Layan kerenah manusia bermacam ragam.Semua orang nak suh beri servis dengan senyuman. Tapi taknak kasi can doktor rehat.


Ko tau tak kat Australia gaji BASIC doktor intern ialah AUD4000?

Pikirkan la

Ko ingat gaji RM4000 tu banyak?

AJ (selamat hari guru) said...

Jacko,

wa compare gaji sama cikgu bai...

kalo camtu apakata kita compare gaji doktor sama architect

doktor kalo patient mati dia akan cakap "kita telah buat yg terbaik dan ikut prosedur" so dia selamat la bai,

arkitek plak akan pegang tanggunjawab bangunan sampai dia mati

kalo doktor baru grad RM4000, arkitek kat private keje 2 tahun experience pun RM4000 baik jd doktor gomen bai

mende la lu nak compare sama Aus, baik lu compare sama France

lu pernah pg hospital kerajaan tak? dia layan patient SATU per SATU bai, lu pernah sekolah kerajaan tak? cikgu layan 40 org anak murid satu hari bai

lu g cek la gaji cikgu, tgk kesian tak kesian

Jack Lingam said...

apa apa pun si jacko tu bukan aku,

apa la kecoh kecoh pasal gaji. aku fresh uk grad starting dapat RM 1700 gross tak kecoh lebih pon. yang penting kat bizzzzzznezzzz kard ada tulis "ANALYST" *hidung tinggi* gila SEKSI BAI. gi club bagi kad kat awek sure diurang basah macam kain basah

AJ said...

kahakhkahkaah spot on JL!

Anonymous said...

HAHAHA sia sia je ko pegi belajar jauh2, english berterabur jugak. Lepas ni ko sure defensive kan? Sure cakap something along the lines of it's not really that big of a deal to have perfect spelling and/or grammar. Pastu nak berlagak macam korang la budak2 Malaysia "ideal" yg org lain patut contohi, pastu nak perli/kutuk org2 Malaysia lain, padahal korang je yg syok sendiri. To paraphrase Palahniuk, you guys are not beautiful and unique snowflakes, man.. byk lagi org kat Malaysia ni yg educated and cultured, bukan korang je (korang perasan educated and cultured gila la). Only those people actually have class and aren't condescending motherfuckers like you guys are.

Shafi'e Hamdan said...

Wah wah wah comment tajam datang dari orang bernama "anonymous"!

Asal dia anonymous? aku pun tatau. suka dengar lagu anonymous by bobby valentino kot.

@anon

biartlah je la kita sembang sembang kat sini pasal ideas kita and all. last call, kita cakap tu semua bukan fitnah dan tipu. benda real gak. Orang lain sembang firtnah dan tipu ko layan. Bila kita cerita pasal ideas or opinion kita, kau cakap kita berlagak. susah la camni.

memang la ramai orang lain kat Malaysia yang educated and cultured. Tade one time pun dalam blog ni kita cakap kita the only ones. Kalau member tu english die berterabur, biar je la. Die study oversea still berterabur pun, biar je la. Aku dah nak pegang title orang profssional pun english hancur lagi. Standard ah. Aku pun pasti ko pun bukan perfect sangat english, ada la kantoi sana sini sikit sikit tapi ko tak dengar kitorang complaint pun. Ke kita ada? Aku rasa tak, sebab ko anonymous, kita tak kenal pun ko sapa.

Last call infor kita tulis dalam blog ni sebab kita nak share, bukan nak nunjuk. Aku pasti, ada la info sana sini yang ada dalam blog ni yang korang takleh dapat kat tempat lain. maybe tak semua tapi dah nak buat camana sebab kita bukan tau semua benda pun.

senang cakap camni la, kalau ko tak suka kita punya postings atau apa apa, delete the blog website dari minda anda dan teruskan hidup anda. senang je. Kita ada avid readers, which kita sayangi dan kita juga berterima kasih kepada yang lain yang hanya mengunjung. Tapi chill la kan?

Last call, kita cuma tahu meng-comment. Dan bila kita dah naik "Sheikh" "mulala menggunakan terms seperti motherfuckers. Gila tak professional.

Lepas ni sure si anon ni dah tak reply. Standard camtu ah. Dah comment tak nak guna nama sendiri, bebudak TOP BOYS respond, terus hilang. Bukan sekali je benda ni berlaku.

Ps: anon, ko mesti budak trendy kan?

Anonymous said...

tetiba je. ko ni memang macam cristiano ronaldo. orang tanya siapa best player in the world, messi, kaka atau diri lu sendiri (cristiano ronaldo). lastu dia tetiba jawab , MADRID

Anonymous said...

semoga hidup bahagia semua!! ok gua bla dulu...

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