THE Malaysian Medical Association’s call for a 48-hour work week for doctors is reasonable and long overdue (“MMA suggests even shorter hours”, The Star, May 9; online at bit.ly/starhours). But let us be clear: the real obstacle is not a lack of doctors or money – it is decades of poor planning and misplaced priorities.
My analysis, based on Health Ministry data, shows:
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