PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pledged 9,000 permanent positions for contract doctors throughout next year during his speech on Budget 2027.
Junior doctors who have completed their housemanship will also be absorbed into permanent positions as medical officers — indicating a possible end to the contract system.
Watch our chief reporter Ragananthini Vethasalam explain what this means to our doctors.
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