INTERVIEW | The contract doctor system was introduced in 2016 during the BN administration under Najib Abdul Razak.

Five years on, what was intended as a stop-gap has developed into one of the biggest controversies in the healthcare system.

Dr S Subramaniam was the health minister from 2013 to 2018 and oversaw the implementation of the system.

In a recent interview with Malaysiakini, he explained the initial reasons behind the move...