Give new shift system for healthcare workers a chance, says senator

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Dr RA Lingeshwaran says the ‘Waktu Bekerja Berlainan’ will provide healthcare workers a better quality of life.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/01/17/give-new-shift-system-for-healthcare-workers-a-chance-says-senator/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #HealthcareWorkers #DrRALingeshwaran

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00:00A senator has urged critics of a new planned shift system for healthcare workers, which

00:06limits doctors and dentists in the public health service to 18 consecutive work hours,

00:11a chance before writing it off.

00:13Dr R. A. Linggeswaran, a former director of the Sungai Bakap Hospital in Penang, said

00:18the new system Waktu Berkerja Belainan, which is set to be implemented in six hospitals

00:24from February 1st, will provide healthcare workers a better quality of life.

00:29Under WBB, the work limit is lower than the current 24-33 straight hours from on-call duties.

00:36Linggeswaran said the issue has been taken out of context with the lower total on-call

00:42allowances the medical officers and specialists will receive under the new system.

00:47In singling out Dr Ahmad Saleh, he said the UMNO youth chief should have looked into the

00:52details of the initiative before attacking the health ministry, saying that his reaction

00:57appears to be a populist move.

00:59Linggeswaran said detractors failed to see that the current allowance for 24 hours on-call

01:04is RM220, while under the WBB, doctors will receive RM275 for 15 hours, which is the limit

01:13set for each active call.

01:15He said many medical negligence cases in public hospitals have been attributed to long working

01:21hours with little rest in between, and the WBB system aims to help reduce such occurrences.

01:27Pan Yujo, FMT News.

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