Everybody said Dr are rich...ok judge urself.
My cousin is a Dr in a government hospital.
Current Employer : ministry of heath
Field: medical officer
Base : KL
Job Description: ward patient, clinics, surgery
Salary: Basic RM 2457
Allowance: rm 1100
Oncall : RM 150 per call ( average 7 calls per month )
duration in service : 4 years
working hours - normal days 7.00 am - 6.00 to 7.00 pm
oncall days 7.00 am to the next day 12.00 pm
ealiest, sometimes 2 pm, may extend till
5pm.
He use to told me this :
- no life as a dr.....by the time u get home, all u think is sleep.
- oncall allowance - RM 150 divided by 30 hours, only RM 5 an hour !!, worse than coffee shop helper.
I believe this is the "compulsory" service that required by the gvt that cannot afford to hire the expensive doctors to serve them. Once you pass this period, your cousin can work with the private hospital or open his own clinic. So I won't complain too much if I were your cousin