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January 26, 2005
For money? Are you sure?
First read about this in MMR and then went to the NST article Palmdoc linked. I remember asking some M2/04 juniors why they choose to do medicine and there were some who said they were attracted by the money. Those of us who were there thought it was pretty amusing and I think we even said "You wanna get rich... it'll be easier if you do business. Better investment lah"
With fees that are skyhigh and future salary that is at the other end of the spectrum, I don't see why anyone can even use "money" as a reason for wanting to study medicine. Think long course, long working hours, bad pay, huge responsibilities... unless there's a great amount of interest, it is one bad bad choice to make in life.
Now, the article...
Houseman's salary scale being revised
It was an embarrassing admission, but Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek managed to keep a straight face when he said a fast food outlet worker may actually earn more than a houseman. Fielding questions during a dialogue with staff of the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital here today, Dr Chua said the Government realised the low allowance paid to trainee doctors doing their housemanship in a government hospitals.
He said his Ministry is in the process of revising its scale.
"Please be patient, it may take some time but we are trying our best in this matter," he added.
A trainee doctor currently receives an allowance of RM25 when assigned to a round-the-clock on-call duty.
In contrast, a staff nurse is paid RM7 per hour when on such duty.
On another note, let's hope that the salary will be adjusted such that it's something human beings can live on in today's world. Come on, after your parents pay for your omg-so-high fees for 5 years, it's only right that you can support yourself when you start work right?
Posted by yeepei at January 26, 2005 03:41 PM
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Rm25 for round-da-clock duty??! walaueh!
What can RM25 buy you these days?
Posted by: Papi at January 27, 2005 03:07 PM
A HO's round the clock duty, apparently. :P
Posted by: YP at January 27, 2005 05:28 PM
Pardon moi? HO?
Posted by: Papi at January 28, 2005 03:21 PM
the fella was from Batu Pahat, my hometown. We all know how stingy he can get :P
Posted by: suanie at February 2, 2005 05:33 AM
Papi: HO = houseman
Suanie: And the previous guy from Muar wasn't any better.. aiyoz.. sighz..
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