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Sacrifice and reward
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Sunday January 18, 2009
Sacrifice and reward
By RICHARD LIM
MISCONCEPTIONS were shattered at The Star Education Fair 2009 as the realities of the medical practice were discussed during the medicine and dentistry session.
“A lot of young people think that being a doctor will make them rich,” said Malaysian Medical Association deputy secretary Dr Kuljit Singh. “If you really want to be rich, be a businessman, set up your own hospital and hire the doctors.
The seven-time fair speaker connected with the 1100-strong audience with wit and candour. “Before you practise, you’ll have to undergo tough study at medical school for four-anda-half to six years and pass about 30 exams and daily assessments. And if you want to specialise, it means another four years of study.” …more sacrifice-and-reward
Government hospitals with private wings offer
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR: Government hospitals with private wings have succeeded in balancing the needs of the public and giving first-class service to those who can afford it, said the president of the Malaysian Society of Otorhinolaryngologists-Head & Neck Surgeons.
Dr Kuljit Singh said the system was mutually beneficial to patients and doctors. Practised by two teaching hospitals — University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) and
Hospital Universiti Kebang-saan Malaysia — the system allows for specialists to see patients after working hours for a higher fee. This allows the doctors to earn more money and gives patients the chance to be treated by the best medical brains.
Dr Kuljit, who was with UMMC from 1998 till last year, said when the system first took off, it used to be only after working hours, in the eve-nings. But it has now been extended to the late afternoons, too…more government-hospital-with-private-wings