Don't practice Medicine in the government service.


1. No regulated working hours-In Oz,max hours are 60/week. Usually it's 45 to 60/week. ANy more,it's OT. In M'sia,>90hours minimum.

2. The government thinks they own you.

3. If you work on 7 hour shifts;you aren't entitled to grab a quick coffee in between cases. Fact is,you don't deserve ANY breaks.

4. Your pay sucks eggs,for housemanship basic pay is less than RM1/hour. That's less than USD0.30 cents/hour.

5.It still sucks eggs as a medical officer.For more than 90 hours a week you get paid RM2100 basic pay. that's less than USD 650/month.In Canada/Oz/US/Singapore you earn USD 3000/month.

6. There is no such thing as counselling or crisis intervention for M.Ds in M'sia. So,if you have problems sleeping,depression.anxiety ..whatever,the government couldn't care less.

7. The Malaysian Medical Council loses your important documents. I've been there 6 times. On the 3rd time finally they admitted they misplaced my file. And then scolded me for not being able to do a full registration.

8. Everything depends on your boss' discrimination. Right.

9. Very odd corporate culture. Pants are considered Impolite. I kid you not,i got told off just yesterday at the Gov Brainwashing Course i'm attending. Oh yes,and another Gov Idiot mentioned that we shouldn't wear make-up to work.Since it's only day 2 of the Gov Brainwashing/Induction Course i could definitely keep on adding this.......