Redeploy house officers to district hospitals in need - Dzulkefly

Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad has directed director-general Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan to redeploy house officers (HO) to district hospitals in need immediately.

Via a post on X yesterday, he stated that the Health Ministry is implementing various short and long-term improvement measures to address complaints.

"I am acutely aware of and deeply sympathise with the grievances of healthcare workers every day and every week. With 147 ministry hospitals and over 3,000 health clinics nationwide, I am bound to receive numerous complaints.

"Continue sending feedback and criticisms (while avoiding sinful language). I will continue to pay attention and take action while continuing my various reforms," he said.

Dzulkefly was addressing the viral social media issue involving images of medical staff's messages, written on a whiteboard at a hospital in Kedah, apologising to patients for prolonged waiting times to see a doctor.

Meanwhile in a statement yesterday, Kedah Health (Public Health) deputy director Dr Norizan Ahmad said the issue of lack of human resources will be dealt with as best as possible so that the delivery of existing services is not affected.

She said the distribution of human resources at the Health Ministry level in the category of specialists and medical officers in all government hospitals is in line with the current workload.

The hospital doctor, meanwhile, will determine the placement of medical officers in a hospital according to the justification and current needs, she said.

In addition, she said the services of the specialist clinics at the specialist hospital are through a scheduled appointment system to avoid the issue of long waiting period.

"The Kedah Health Department is aware of the viral issue on social media related to a notice displayed at the specialist surgery clinic at one of the specialist hospitals in Kedah.

- Bernama

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