Perak rejects claim Taiping Hospital has no house officers, says 93 currently undergoing training
IPOH, Sept 9 — Perak has denied an allegation that Taiping Hospital has no house officers (HOs), descri...
Perak has dismissed claims made in an article by CodeBlue that Taiping Hospital has no house officers, stating the article is inaccurate. Datuk A. Sivanesan, chairman of the Perak Health, Human Resources, Indian Affairs and National Integration Committee, explained that the hospital currently has 93 house officers out of the 231 training slots allocated, resulting in a 40.3 per cent placement rate.
He emphasized that the claim of having no house officers is incorrect, as there is still a shortfall of 138 house officers against the available training slots. Sivanesan confirmed that he had met with the Taiping Hospital director to clarify the hospital's staffing situation. The hospital has 219 medical officers, consisting of 137 permanent officers, 62 contract officers, and 20 officers who have completed their housemanship training.
Additionally, there are 46 medical officer positions that remain unfilled based on the hospital's current operational requirements. House officers are currently allocated to only six departments within the hospital, and it is not possible to position them in every department.
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