On-call allowances: Health Ministry's explainer unrealistic, say docs

By RAGANANTHINI VETHASALAM

PETALING JAYA: Doctors and medical groups say the Health Ministry's explainer for on-call allowances, are "out of touch with reality" say doctors.

The ministry's analogy, in a statement on Monday (June 26), of "Dr Ali", a UD52 grade specialist who earned RM17,299 a month inclusive of allowances, also did not go down well with doctors.

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