AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star
PETALING JAYA: The shortage of medical officers in the national healthcare system may take a turn for the worse due to a change in policy, laments a group of affected doctors.
The Public Service Department’s (JPA) announcement on July 4 that contract doctors, dentists and pharmacists under its scholarships were permitted to apply for release from their bonds could trigger an exodus, they said.
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