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Dr Azizan Abdul Aziz, the current president of MMA, highlighted the importance of considering a three-shift system with flexi-allowance while commenting on the difference in working hours between doctors in Malaysia and doctors overseas.

If the doctors were to resign, their years served as contract doctors would not be acknowledged for salary grades and promotions, which will ultimately lead to unfair payment discrepancies among doctors with the same total years of service.

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In an innovative leap, South Korea is testing a ground-breaking concept that fosters collaboration between health professionals across various medical institutions.

As India’s population surges, it’s building more hospitals, but the supply of doctors is falling short. Mithilesh Chaudhary, a 21-year-old from Bihar state, is one of many Indians standing in line outside All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, without an appointment, hoping to see a specialist. This highlights a grave issue: the shortage of specialist doctors and health workers in India’s rural areas, where over two-thirds of its 1.43 billion populace resides.