in many ways, yes, though these misappropropriation does not directly comes from the healthcare organisation itself.
doctors, dentists, pharmacists alike are told we are demanding because we demand for permanent posts instead of contracts. we were hushed off when we request for claims when the doctors were transferred to remote areas only accessible by planes. we were minisculed when we demand fair oncall pays as mentioned previously.
yet, it was revealed that politicians are getting 60% pensions by merely working for 60 months (5 years) whereas civil servants are required to work a minimum of 360 months to get the same benefit.
and if a politician holds a parliamentary post and a ministry post and a state assembly post, he or she will received 3 pension, not one!
a parliamentary politician in office on paper get a relatively miniscule pay, but when review their allowance, its absurd.
basic pay : MYR16,000 a month
fuel allowance : MYR1500 a month
phone bill allowance : MYR900 a month
drive allowance : MYR 1500 a month
entertainment allowance : MYR2500 a month
special allowance : MYR1500
= MYR23,900 a month.
other perks
parliament / meeting attendance : MYR400 per attendance
handphone allowance : MYR2000 every 2 years.
laptop allowance : MYR6000 every 1 term (5 years)
formal clothing : MYR1500 one off + MYR1000 every 3 years.
note that the median Malaysian income is MYR3037.
yet, junior doctors are only paid MYR4000 month,
A senior doctor in the govt which 7 years experience get approximately MYR 6000 a month,
a government specialist get additional MYR2500 to whatever a regular non specialist doctor of his years get.
