Contract medical officers undergoing housemanship entitled to facilities, says KJ


KUALA LUMPUR: The government has agreed to extend the Fare to Return to Region of Origin facility to medical, dental and pharmacy officers on contract of service who are undergoing housemanship, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (pic).

The Cabinet meeting on Wednesday (June 8) also agreed to extend the Special Medical Assignment Leave and the Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Cancer Leave to them as well, he said, explaining that a previous Cabinet meeting on July 14 last year agreed to extend these facilities to contract officers who have had their contracts extended after completing housemanship.

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