More choosing to drop out


Cause for concern: A shortage of doctors, coupled with an increasing patient load, ageing population and medical inflation, would burden the system and healthcare workers. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Fewer aspiring doctors are willing to complete their training as house officers than in previous years, says Hartal Doktor Kontrak.

Dr Muhammad Yassin, who is a spokesman of the healthcare interest group, observed that there had been a rising trend of house officers dropping out.

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