Hey PY80,

Thanks for the detailed explanation, its really informative and sheds more light onto this issue.

I agree with you in that the private sector is a pay for service model hence enabling the top 10% of doctors to earn in the region of 200k per month. Like you said, around 60% of doctors still earn around 50-60k per month, which is a very comfortable amount. However I am just trying to comprehend how a middle income country in Malaysia could enable health professionals to earn these amounts, when similar countries with per capita gdp like ours don't have this phenomenon. The capacity to earn 10k a day for a one-man business still doesn't sound right to me, furthermore when we are discussing healthcare here. I understand that limiting a doctor's income is not the way, but I am of the view that some sort of national health financing scheme that covers both the public and private sectors should be implemented in Malaysia, like how Australia/UK is currently doing.

If the earning capacity enabled by our private hospitals remains this way, I don't know how will we stop the bleed of doctors from the government sector to the private sector. As I said, in the end the affected people will be Malaysians who can't afford to pay, and no one should be in a position whereby their health is compromised due to commercial reasons.