KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly 10,000 health officers, including specialist
doctors, dentists and pharmacists, have been promoted and will be
getting anything between RM900 and RM1,800 more depending on the grade
they have been moved to.
A total of 2,554 doctors who were
previously under Grade UD44 have been promoted to higher grades ranging
from UD48 to UD54 last Tuesday - the day Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib
Tun Razak announced the comprehensive career advancement plan for the
three services under the Health Ministry.
Chief Secretary to the
Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan said from a total of 9,698 health
officers promoted, 8,521 were clinical/administrative medical officers,
650 were dentists and 527 were pharmacists.
“For a start, 2,554
doctors who were on grade UD44 have been promoted to higher grades
ranging from UD48 to UD54 effective Tuesday,” he said in a Bernama
report yesterday.
“The promotion of medical officers and all
eligible dental and pharmaceutical officers will be implemented in
stages based on this career advancement plan,” he said.
He said
the medical officers concerned could check the plan via the ministry’s
website at www.moh.gov.my.
He said the Government’s decision was
in recognition of the contributions of the medical officers in raising
the country’s health service level, and to motivate them to continue
providing quality service as well as to maintain their interest to serve
longer in the public sector.
Health officers under grade UD44
will now receive RM3,358.68, up from RM3,028.90, while those promoted
from UD44 to UD48 will now get RM4,871.25 from their old scale of
RM4,431.54, while those under grade UD52 will get RM5,465.42 from
RM4,492.31.
Those under the highest grade, UD54, will get
RM5,722.85 from RM5,258.09.
Meanwhile, SHAUN HO reports, Cuepacs
president Omar Osman as saying that the pay review was timely and hoped
that similar wage reviews could be applied to other civil servants with
particular skills.
“Professors and lecturers should also receive
new wages. This would be in line in the Prime Minister’s call for
citizens to be innovative and creative,” he added.
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