54% of medical officers left public sector in 2022, says Health Minister

KUALA LUMPUR: More than half or 54% of the 1696 medical officers in the country left the public service sector in 2022, with wanting to work in the private sector being the main reason, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

Replying to a supplementary question from Fong Kui Lun (PH-Bukit Bintang), Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said that the ministry’s survey also found that of the total number of doctors who left, 4.5% are currently working abroad.