Medical students hoping for solutions to contract doctor issue


PETALING JAYA: Medical students are anxious about the lack of job security and career progression in the field following the “Hartal Doktor Kontrak” (Contract Doctors’ Strike) movement.

Ler Thean, a third-year International Medical University student, said she had thought she would be able to become a specialist but is now thinking of ways to venture out of medicine after completing her studies.

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