The Dilemma Of Retaining Specialists and Subspecialties Service In MOH
As a dedicated government doctor, specialist and senior consultant, and currently retired, i have served the health ministry for more than 35 years. I was born in the generation of baby boomers, thus becoming a doctor was a service with the ability to earn a good living and respect from the community. I realised that 20 to 30 years back, it didn't cost the government so much of expenditure to sustain the service. The reason being most of us were in hardship, and the drs were service oriented with minimal expectations on monetary benefits. We served with the joy of caring for patients and assisting their healing process. Besides, the government then had to fork out one-time lump sum payment for the salary and instruments. There were minimal expenditure on disposals like sutures or medications. Also, there were no fancy investigation tools at that time and treatment was solely dependent on the drs or the specialists' ability to treat the condition with whatever minimal that was...